Matildas

name

"matildas" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Matildas” is uncommon English (frequency #98,422 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,422
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - the women's national soccer representative team of Australia

Key facts for Matildas
PropertyValue
HeadwordMatildas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Matildas” sits in English 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). Matildas lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

Matildas is uncommon English at frequency #98,422 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the women's national soccer representative team of Australia".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Matildas in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: After the song Waltzing Matilda. The correct English form is Matildas, spelled M-A-T-I-L-D-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    the women's national soccer representative team of Australia

Etymology

After the song Waltzing Matilda.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Matildas"?
"Matildas" is spelled M-A-T-I-L-D-A-S.
What does "Matildas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Matildas" means: the women's national soccer representative team of Australia
What is the origin of the word "Matildas"?
After the song Waltzing Matilda. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Matildas”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-T-I-L-D-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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