mascará
[maskaˈɾa]
The verdict
“mascará” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mascar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mascará |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maskaˈɾa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mascará” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mascará is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [maskaˈɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mascará has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 mascará, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-Á.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de mascar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de mascarar.
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.
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Using “mascará”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-S-C-A-R-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maskaˈɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.