Matsushita
"matsushita" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Matsushita” is uncommon English (frequency #74,299 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,299
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-matsushita · Matsushita · English
Matsushita · rank #74,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,299
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH mastic
Nearest frequency peer: mastic (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Matsushita”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marga
marga
25,710 corpus weight
- Margulies
Margulies
25,709 corpus weight
- mastic
mastic
25,703 corpus weight
- Matsushita
Matsushita
25,702 corpus weight
- McReynolds
McReynolds
25,698 corpus weight
- McVay
McVay
25,697 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Matsushita” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matsushita |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Matsushita” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Matsushita is uncommon English at frequency #74,299 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Matsushita, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 松下 (Matsushita). The correct English form is Matsushita, spelled M-A-T-S-U-S-H-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 松下 (Matsushita).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.