masticación
[mast̪ikaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“masticación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,537 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,537
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de masticar; despedazar y aplastar los alimentos con la dentadura para que puedan ser tragados.
Corpus desk
Index ES-masticacion · masticación · Spanish
masticación · rank #76,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,537
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH masacrada
Nearest frequency peer: masacrada (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “masticación”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- marginar
marginar
23,469 corpus weight
- maritales
maritales
23,467 corpus weight
- masacrada
masacrada
23,465 corpus weight
- masticación
masticación
23,464 corpus weight
- medo
medo
23,459 corpus weight
- medían
medían
23,458 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “masticación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masticación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mast̪ikaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “masticación” en español
Rare enough to double-check
masticación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,537 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mast̪ikaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción y efecto de masticar; despedazar y aplastar los alimentos con la dentadura para que puedan ser tragados.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for masticación in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 masticación, spelled M-A-S-T-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de masticar; despedazar y aplastar los alimentos con la dentadura para que puedan ser tragados.
This word in other languages
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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