mascada

[masˈkað̞a]

/[masˈkað̞a]/ participle

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The verdict

“mascada” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de mascado, participio de mascar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mascada · mascada · Spanish

mascada · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for mascada
PropertyValue
Headwordmascada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[masˈkað̞a]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mascada” sits in Spanish frequency

mascada falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mascada is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [masˈkað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de mascado, participio de mascar.".

mascada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mascada, spelled M-A-S-C-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de mascado, participio de mascar.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mascada"?
"mascada" is spelled M-A-S-C-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [masˈkað̞a].
What does "mascada" mean?
As a participle, "mascada" means: Forma del femenino de mascado, participio de mascar.
How do you pronounce "mascada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mascada" is [masˈkað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mascada" come from?
"mascada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list