masculino

[maskuˈlino]

/[maskuˈlino]/ adj

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The verdict

“masculino” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,753
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a los machos o varones.

Corpus desk

Index ES-masculino · masculino · Spanish

masculino · rank #5,753 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,753
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH manteniendo

Nearest frequency peer: manteniendo (-2 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “masculino”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “masculino” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

masculino vs masculinos
90% similar
masculino vs masculina
89% similar
masculino vs Marcelino
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for masculino
PropertyValue
Headwordmasculino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[maskuˈlino]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,753
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “masculino”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).masculinocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “manteniendo” (#5,751), “minoría” (#5,755), “Lisa” (#5,750). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “masculino” va en #5,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around masculino (IPA [maskuˈlino]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,753 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for masculino, with forms such as "amsculino", "macsulino", and "mascculino". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "masculinos", "masculina", "Marcelino", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is masculino, spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de o relativo a los machos o varones.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, que se comporta del modo convencionalmente asociado a los machos o varones.
  3. 3
    Que muestra las inflexiones correspondientes a un determinado género gramatical, usado convencionalmente no sólo para los machos y varones, sino también para numerosos inanimados.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how masculino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fueron muchos los fieles que ostentaban el escapulario, sobre todos los pertenecientes a las cofradías masculina y femenina.

Synonyms

varonilvaronilviril

This word in other languages

male(English)mâle(Français)männlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amsculino
  • macsulino
  • mascculino
  • mascluino
  • mascuilno
  • masculinno
  • masculion
  • mascullino
  • masculnio
  • massculino
  • masuclino
  • mmasculino
  • msaculino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masculino - 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.

amsculino2macsulino2mascculino1mascluino2mascuilno2masculinno1masculion2mascullino1
Edit distance from "masculino"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "masculino"?
"masculino" is spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maskuˈlino].
What does "masculino" mean?
As an adjective, "masculino" means: Propio de o relativo a los machos o varones.
What words are commonly confused with "masculino"?
"masculino" is commonly confused with "masculinos", "masculina", "Marcelino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "masculino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "masculino" is [maskuˈlino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "masculino" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "masculino", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list