mastite

noun

The verdict

“mastite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,942 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,942
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inflamação na mama

Corpus desk

Index PT-mastite · mastite · Portuguese

mastite · rank #96,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,942
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH Markt

Nearest frequency peer: Markt (-5 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 “mastite”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mastite
PropertyValue
Headwordmastite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,942
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mastite” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mastitecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Markt” (#96,937), “metonímia” (#96,951), “luxuosamente” (#96,923). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mastite” fica em #96,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mastite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,942 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inflamação na mama".

No misspelling variants are generated for mastite in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mastite, spelled M-A-S-T-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    inflamação na mama

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainda de acordo com o Idec, o fato de as vacas produzirem mais leite leva a um aumento do risco de mastite (inflamação das mamas), o que exigiria tratamentos com antibiótico.

Synonyms

mamitemastadenite

This word in other languages

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 "mastite"?
"mastite" is spelled M-A-S-T-I-T-E.
What does "mastite" mean?
As a noun, "mastite" means: inflamação na mama
What language does "mastite" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mastite", 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