matafuego
[mat̪aˈfweɣ̞o]
The verdict
“matafuego” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aparato portátil para extiguir fuegos y conatos de incendio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-matafuego · matafuego · Spanish
matafuego · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | matafuego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mat̪aˈfweɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
matafuego is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mat̪aˈfweɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for matafuego in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is matafuego, spelled M-A-T-A-F-U-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1Aparato portátil para extiguir fuegos y conatos de incendio.
- 2Funcionario que tiene por labor apagar fuegos e incendios.
Synonyms
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.