# mature

> English word · Adjective · IPA /məˈt͡ʃɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #4,467

## Definitions
1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.
3. Profound; careful.
4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

## Etymology
From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).

## Easily confused with
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-metre)
- **Maude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-maude)
- **Maura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-maura)
- **mauve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-mauve)
- **mitre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-mitre)
- **Maurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-maurer)
- **measure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-measure)
- **mixture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mature-vs-mixture)
- **mate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mate-vs-mature)
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mare-vs-mature)
- **matte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matte-vs-mature)
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mater-vs-mature)
- **manure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-mature)
- **maduro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maduro-vs-mature)
- **Mattie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mattie-vs-mature)
- **Maguire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maguire-vs-mature)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amture`, `matrue`, `matture`, `matuer`, `maturre`, `mautre`, `mmature`, `mtaure`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mature