mascarado

/mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du/

//mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du// adj

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The verdict

“mascarado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,739
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem tem o rosto oculto por uma máscara

Corpus desk

Index PT-mascarado · mascarado · Portuguese

mascarado · rank #25,739 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,739
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH maço

Nearest frequency peer: maço (+3 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 rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mascarado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mascarado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

mascarado vs mascarar
78% similar
mascarado vs máscara
67% similar

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

Key facts for mascarado
PropertyValue
Headwordmascarado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du/
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,739
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mascarado”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mascaradocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “maço” (#25,742), “metafísica” (#25,746), “majoritário” (#25,731). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mascarado” fica em #25,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around mascarado (IPA /mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,739 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mascarado, with forms such as "amscarado", "macsarado", and "masacrado". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mascarar", "máscara", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mascarado, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    quem tem o rosto oculto por uma máscara
  2. 2
    oculto, que se esconde
  3. 3
    que mente ou esconde as verdadeiras intenções

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amscarado
  • macsarado
  • masacrado
  • mascaardo
  • mascaraddo
  • mascaraod
  • mascardao
  • mascarrado
  • masccarado
  • mascraado
  • masscarado
  • mmascarado
  • msacarado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mascarado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amscarado2macsarado2masacrado2mascaardo2mascaraddo1mascaraod2mascardao2mascarrado1
Edit distance from "mascarado"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mascarado"?
"mascarado" is spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du/.
What does "mascarado" mean?
As an adjective, "mascarado" means: quem tem o rosto oculto por uma máscara
What words are commonly confused with "mascarado"?
"mascarado" is commonly confused with "mascarar", "máscara". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mascarado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mascarado" is /mɐʃ.kɐ.ˈɾa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mascarado" come from?
"mascarado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rolezinho#25,811enunciado#25,651sincronia#25,829solstício#25,832

Similar misspelling depth

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

demolidor13 variantscorrenteza13 variantscastidade13 variantsbanimento13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list