másculo

/ˈmaʃ.ku.lu/

//ˈmaʃ.ku.lu// adj

The verdict

“másculo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,970 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,970
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referido ao masculino, o mesmo que masculino

Corpus desk

Index PT-masculo · másculo · Portuguese

másculo · rank #64,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,970
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mot

Nearest frequency peer: mot (-8 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “másculo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “másculo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for másculo
PropertyValue
Headwordmásculo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈmaʃ.ku.lu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “másculo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.másculocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “mot” (#64,962), “orelhões” (#64,993), “otite” (#64,995). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “másculo” fica em #64,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

másculo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,970 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmaʃ.ku.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "referido ao masculino, o mesmo que masculino".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for másculo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is másculo, spelled M-Á-S-C-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    referido ao masculino, o mesmo que masculino

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 "másculo"?
"másculo" is spelled M-Á-S-C-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmaʃ.ku.lu/.
What does "másculo" mean?
As an adjective, "másculo" means: referido ao masculino, o mesmo que masculino
How do you pronounce "másculo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "másculo" is /ˈmaʃ.ku.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "másculo" come from?
"másculo" 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 "másculo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list