mastigote
"mastigote" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mastigote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A single-celled microorganism that moves by means of an undulipodium, such as a flagellum, rather than using pseudopodia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mastigote · mastigote · English
mastigote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | mastigote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mastigote” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mastigote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A single-celled microorganism that moves by means of an undulipodium, such as a flagellum, rather than using pseudopodia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mastigote in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “whip, scourge”) + -ote. The correct English form is mastigote, spelled M-A-S-T-I-G-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A single-celled microorganism that moves by means of an undulipodium, such as a flagellum, rather than using pseudopodia.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “whip, scourge”) + -ote.
Antonyms
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.