Maskat
[ˈmaskat]
The verdict
“Maskat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Oman
Corpus desk
Index DE-maskat · Maskat · German
Maskat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maskat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaskat] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maskat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maskat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmaskat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Oman".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Maskat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Maskat, spelled M-A-S-K-A-T.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Oman
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maskat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie wurde in Maskat geboren.
„1826–1856 verlegte der osmanische Sultan Said sogar seinen Regierungssitz von Maskat nach Sansibar, wo der Sklavenhandel große Gewinne versprach.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.