mascote

//mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,756

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

mascote is aPortuguesenoun. It means: animal, pessoa ou objeto animado que é escolhido como representante visual ou identificador de uma marca, uma empresa ou evento Pronounced /mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mascote in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mascote is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐʃ.ˈkɔ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,756 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mascote, with forms such as "amscote", "macsote", and "masccote". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mascote, spelled M-A-S-C-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amscote,macsote,masccote,mascoet,mascotte,masctoe,masocte,masscote,mmascote,msacote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mascote

Misspelling Variants of "mascote"

amscote7macsote7masccote8mascoet7mascotte8masctoe7masocte7masscote8
Misspelling Variants of "mascote"

Frequency rank: #10,756 in Portuguese

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?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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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.