'mato
"mato" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“'mato” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of tomato.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mato · 'mato · English
'mato · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "'" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 'mato |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “'mato” in English
Rare enough to double-check
'mato is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of tomato.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 'mato, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is 'mato, spelled '-M-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Clipping of tomato.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how 'mato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mom got a little mad at me yesterday because I wanted to pick a 'mato that was way high and I made the whole plant fall down.
MAN they are good! We brought home a TON of tomatoes, it's going to be 'mato sandwiches for DAYS here! Yahooooooooooo!
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.