mastranzo
[masˈt̪ɾãnso]
The verdict
“mastranzo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planta herbácea anual, de la familia de las labiadas, con tallos erguidos, ramosos, de cuatro a seis decímetros de altura; hojas sentadas, elípticas, casi redondas, festoneadas, rugosas, verdes por...
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Index ES-mastranzo · mastranzo · Spanish
mastranzo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mastranzo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [masˈt̪ɾãnso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mastranzo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mastranzo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [masˈt̪ɾãnso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planta herbácea anual, de la familia de las labiadas, con tallos erguidos, ramosos, de cuatro a seis decímetros de altura; hojas sentadas, elípticas, casi redondas, festoneadas, rugosas, verdes por...".
mastranzo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mastranzo, spelled M-A-S-T-R-A-N-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Planta herbácea anual, de la familia de las labiadas, con tallos erguidos, ramosos, de cuatro a seis decímetros de altura; hojas sentadas, elípticas, casi redondas, festoneadas, rugosas, verdes por la haz, blancas y muy vellosas por el envés; flores pequeñas en espiga terminal, de corola blanca, rósea o violácea, y fruto seco encerrado en el cáliz y con cuatro semillas. Es muy común a orillas de las corrientes de agua, tiene olor fuerte aromático y se usa algo en medicina y contra los insectos parásitos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mastranzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El canasto se llenaba de tomillo, mastranzo, junquillos, espliego, orégano, yerbabuena, perejil y jazmines».
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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.