matados
[maˈt̪að̞os]
The verdict
“matados” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,440 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,440
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de matado, participio de matar o de matarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-matados · matados · Spanish
matados · rank #70,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,440
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH masilla
Nearest frequency peer: masilla (-1 rank slots)
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 “matados”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manilla
manilla
29,566 corpus weight
- margin
margin
29,565 corpus weight
- Maricarmen
Maricarmen
29,564 corpus weight
- masilla
masilla
29,562 corpus weight
- matados
matados
29,561 corpus weight
- matutinos
matutinos
29,559 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “matados” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matados |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [maˈt̪að̞os] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “matados” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
matados is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,440 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [maˈt̪að̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de matado, participio de matar o de matarse.".
matados has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is matados, spelled M-A-T-A-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de matado, participio de matar o de matarse.
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 Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 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.