mascando
[masˈkãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“mascando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,125 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,125
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de mascar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mascando · mascando · Spanish
mascando · rank #91,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,125
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH Marseille
Nearest frequency peer: Marseille (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mascando”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manipulaba
manipulaba
8,880 corpus weight
- Marilú
Marilú
8,878 corpus weight
- Marseille
Marseille
8,877 corpus weight
- mascando
mascando
8,876 corpus weight
- materializa…
materializaron
8,874 corpus weight
- matriarcal
matriarcal
8,873 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mascando” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mascando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [masˈkãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mascando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mascando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,125 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [masˈkãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de mascar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mascando, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mascando, spelled M-A-S-C-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de mascar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.