mastro

//ˈmaʃ.tɾu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,493

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

mastro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira Pronounced /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/. Often confused with mato and metro.

Key facts for mastro
PropertyValue
Headwordmastro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,493
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mastro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,493 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mastro, with forms such as "amstro", "masrto", and "masstro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 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 mastro, spelled M-A-S-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amstro,masrto,masstro,mastor,mastrro,masttro,matsro,mmastro,msatro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mastro

Misspelling Variants of "mastro"

amstro6masrto6masstro7mastor6mastrro7masttro7matsro6mmastro7
Misspelling Variants of "mastro"

Frequency rank: #19,493 in Portuguese

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.