mosquete
[mosˈket̪e]
The verdict
“mosquete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,875 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,875
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arma de fuego antigua, mucho más larga y de mayor calibre que el fusil, la cual se disparaba apoyándola sobre una horquilla.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mosquete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mosˈket̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mosquete” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mosquete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,875 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mosˈket̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arma de fuego antigua, mucho más larga y de mayor calibre que el fusil, la cual se disparaba apoyándola sobre una horquilla.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mosquete in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 mosquete, spelled M-O-S-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Arma de fuego antigua, mucho más larga y de mayor calibre que el fusil, la cual se disparaba apoyándola sobre una horquilla.
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 “mosquete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-S-Q-U-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mosˈket̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.