mamaste
[maˈmast̪e]
The verdict
“mamaste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,073 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,073
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mamar o de mamarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mamaste · mamaste · Spanish
mamaste · rank #89,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,073
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH malvas
Nearest frequency peer: malvas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mamaste”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mainland
mainland
10,933 corpus weight
- maire
maire
10,931 corpus weight
- malvas
malvas
10,929 corpus weight
- mamaste
mamaste
10,928 corpus weight
- Manfredo
Manfredo
10,927 corpus weight
- maniobrando
maniobrando
10,926 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mamaste” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mamaste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maˈmast̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mamaste” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mamaste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,073 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [maˈmast̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mamar o de mamarse.".
mamaste has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mamaste, spelled M-A-M-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mamar o de mamarse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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