mastro

Name: mastro, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈmaʃ.tɾu/

//ˈmaʃ.tɾu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mastro” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,493
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,087
“M” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira

Corpus desk

Index PT-mastro · mastro · Portuguese

mastro · rank #19,493 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,493
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 1,087
PHOTO-FINISH medido

Nearest frequency peer: medido (+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.

locação

80,517
locomoção

80,516
maciço

80,512
mastro

80,508
medido

80,507
mula

80,500

What this shows “mastro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mastro vs mato

67% similar

mastro vs metro

67% similar

mastro vs misto

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mastro
Property	Value
Headword	mastro
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#19,493
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mastro”

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

#19,493

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “medido” (#19,494), “maciço” (#19,489), “locomoção” (#19,485). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mastro” fica em #19,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mastro (IPA /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,493 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mastro, with forms such as "amstro", "masrto", and "masstro". 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 also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mato", "metro", "misto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mastro, spelled M-A-S-T-R-O.

Definition

1
haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira
2
madeiro alto e esguio revestido de folhagens e flores que se coloca em certos lugares prenunciando período festivo
3
peça de madeira ou de metal, alta e reta, montada verticalmente no centro e nas extremidades das embarcações, para sustentação das velas
4
peça alta e reta, fixada no piso, destinada à prática de exercícios
5
suporte dos sinais e discos
6
nome de uma árvore da Ilha de São Tomé
7
masto
8
um dos muitos nomes para o órgão sexual masculino

This word in other languages

mast(English)mástil(Español)mât(Français)Mast(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amstro
masrto
masstro
mastor
mastrro
masttro
matsro
mmastro
msatro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mastro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "mastro"

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 "mastro"?

"mastro" is spelled M-A-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/.

What does "mastro" mean?

As a noun, "mastro" means: haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira

What words are commonly confused with "mastro"?

"mastro" is commonly confused with "mato", "metro", "misto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mastro"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mastro" is /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mastro" come from?

"mastro" 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 "mastro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

medido#19,494 maciço#19,489 olhado#19,511 jaguar#19,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

irritação9 variants oriundo9 variants oráculo9 variants prensa9 variants