Matsuoka
"matsuoka" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Matsuoka” is uncommon English (frequency #89,609 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,609
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-matsuoka · Matsuoka · English
Matsuoka · rank #89,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,609
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH matriarchy
Nearest frequency peer: matriarchy (-1 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 “Matsuoka”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- marquetry
marquetry
10,396 corpus weight
- Marwood
Marwood
10,395 corpus weight
- Mashhad
Mashhad
10,394 corpus weight
- matriarchy
matriarchy
10,393 corpus weight
- Matsuoka
Matsuoka
10,392 corpus weight
- McCrary
McCrary
10,388 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Matsuoka” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matsuoka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Matsuoka” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Matsuoka is uncommon English at frequency #89,609 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Matsuoka, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Romanization of Japanese 松岡 (まつおか, Matsuoka). The correct English form is Matsuoka, spelled M-A-T-S-U-O-K-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Romanization of Japanese 松岡 (まつおか, Matsuoka).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).