mascota
[masˈkot̪a]
The verdict
“mascota” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,700 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,700
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona, objeto o animal considerado como portador de buena suerte.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mascota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [masˈkot̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mascota” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mascota is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [masˈkot̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,700 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mascota, with forms such as "amscota", "macsota", and "masccota". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mascotas", "maceta", "marmota", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mascota, spelled M-A-S-C-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona, objeto o animal considerado como portador de buena suerte.
- 2Personaje, generalmente no humano, que hace de emblema y representa un grupo de personas o una institución. Frecuentemente aparece en eventos, competencias o certámenes.
- 3Animal doméstico o de compañía.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amscota,macsota,masccota,mascoat,mascotta,masctoa,masocta,masscota,mmascota,msacota
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mascota - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “mascota”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-S-C-O-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [masˈkot̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mascotas” - see the side-by-side comparison. mascota vs mascotas
- 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.