muscovado
noun
muscovado is spelled M-U-S-C-O-V-A-D-O: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muscovado means “An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muscovado is muscovados or muscovadoes.
How many letters and syllables are in muscovado?
| Letters | 9: M-U-S-C-O-V-A-D-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is muscovado?
Muscovado appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of muscovado
- muscovados plural
- muscovadoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muscovado mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does muscovado come from?
Corrupted from Spanish mascabado or Portuguese mascavado, from the verb mascavar, a corrupted form of menoscabar (“to despise”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).