matin
/ˈmætɪn/
"matin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“matin” is uncommon English (frequency #67,630 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,630
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - of or relating to matins
Corpus desk
Index EN-matin · matin · English
matin · rank #67,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,630
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mauritanian
Nearest frequency peer: Mauritanian (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “matin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- marimba
marimba
32,377 corpus weight
- marly
marly
32,376 corpus weight
- matin
matin
32,371 corpus weight
- Mauritanian
Mauritanian
32,368 corpus weight
- McNamee
McNamee
32,366 corpus weight
- meatpacking
meatpacking
32,365 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “matin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmætɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “matin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
matin is uncommon English at frequency #67,630 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmætɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "of or relating to matins".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for matin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”). The correct English form is matin, spelled M-A-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1of or relating to matins
Etymology
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
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.
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