mastigação

noun

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The verdict

“mastigação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,837 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,837
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de mastigar

Key facts for mastigação
PropertyValue
Headwordmastigação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mastigação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mastigação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mastigação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,837 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato ou efeito de mastigar".

mastigação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is mastigação, spelled M-A-S-T-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de mastigar

This word in other languages

mastication(English)masticación(Español)mastication(Français)Kauen(Deutsch)

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 "mastigação"?
"mastigação" is spelled M-A-S-T-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "mastigação" mean?
As a noun, "mastigação" means: ato ou efeito de mastigar
What language does "mastigação" come from?
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Using “mastigação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-S-T-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list