mascote

/mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/

//mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ// noun

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The verdict

“mascote” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,756
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - animal, pessoa ou objeto animado que é escolhido como representante visual ou identificador de uma marca, uma empresa ou evento

Corpus desk

Index PT-mascote · mascote · Portuguese

mascote · rank #10,756 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,756
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH melodia

Nearest frequency peer: melodia (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mascote”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mascote” 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
Key facts for mascote
PropertyValue
Headwordmascote
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,756
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mascote”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mascotecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “melodia” (#10,757), “mandioca” (#10,753), “nice” (#10,762). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mascote” fica em #10,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mascote (IPA /mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,756 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mascote, with forms such as "amscote", "macsote", and "masccote". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mascote, spelled M-A-S-C-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    animal, pessoa ou objeto animado que é escolhido como representante visual ou identificador de uma marca, uma empresa ou evento
  2. 2
    animal objeto do afeto de uma ou de um grupo de pessoas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O compacto GC2 foi desenhado para remeter a um urso panda, mamífero que habita as montanhas chinesas e serviu de mascote nos Jogos Olímpicos de 2008.

This word in other languages

mascot(English)mascota(Español)mascotte(Français)Maskottchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amscote
  • macsote
  • masccote
  • mascoet
  • mascotte
  • masctoe
  • masocte
  • masscote
  • mmascote
  • msacote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mascote - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amscote2macsote2masccote1mascoet2mascotte1masctoe2masocte2masscote1
Edit distance from "mascote"

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 "mascote"?
"mascote" is spelled M-A-S-C-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/.
What does "mascote" mean?
As a noun, "mascote" means: animal, pessoa ou objeto animado que é escolhido como representante visual ou identificador de uma marca, uma empresa ou evento
What are common misspellings of "mascote"?
Common misspellings include "amscote", "macsote", "masccote", "mascoet", "mascotte". The correct spelling is "mascote".
How do you pronounce "mascote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mascote" is /mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mascote" come from?
"mascote" 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 "mascote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

melodia#10,757Lorenzo#10,747palpite#10,767plantio#10,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gatinho10 variantsextenso10 variantsescalar10 variantsacender10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list