mosquete
/mosˈkete̝/
The verdict
“mosquete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,066 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,066
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arma semelhante a uma espingarda porém muito mais pesada, com o cano de até 1,5 metros sobre uma culatra integrada com guarda-mão de madeira geralmente munido de baioneta
Corpus desk
Index PT-mosquete · mosquete · Portuguese
mosquete · rank #58,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,066
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mossa
Nearest frequency peer: mossa (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mosquete”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- matassem
matassem
41,947 corpus weight
- Matthieu
Matthieu
41,946 corpus weight
- mosquete
mosquete
41,935 corpus weight
- mossa
mossa
41,934 corpus weight
- myra
myra
41,929 corpus weight
- natalício
natalício
41,926 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mosquete” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mosquete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mosˈkete̝/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mosquete” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mosquete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,066 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mosˈkete̝/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arma semelhante a uma espingarda porém muito mais pesada, com o cano de até 1,5 metros sobre uma culatra integrada com guarda-mão de madeira geralmente munido de baioneta".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mosquete, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mosquete, spelled M-O-S-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1arma semelhante a uma espingarda porém muito mais pesada, com o cano de até 1,5 metros sobre uma culatra integrada com guarda-mão de madeira geralmente munido de baioneta
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.
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