matanza
[maˈt̪ãnsa]
The verdict
“matanza” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,877
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asesinato de un grupo numeroso de personas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-matanza · matanza · Spanish
matanza · rank #7,877 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,877
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maltrato
Nearest frequency peer: maltrato (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “matanza”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Magdalena
Magdalena
92,127 corpus weight
- maldad
maldad
92,126 corpus weight
- maltrato
maltrato
92,125 corpus weight
- matanza
matanza
92,124 corpus weight
- mejorando
mejorando
92,123 corpus weight
- metales
metales
92,122 corpus weight
What this shows “matanza” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matanza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈt̪ãnsa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “matanza”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around matanza (IPA [maˈt̪ãnsa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,877 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for matanza, with forms such as "amtanza", "maatnza", and "matanaz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "matará", "mudanza", "mataría", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is matanza, spelled M-A-T-A-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Asesinato de un grupo numeroso de personas.
- 2La tarea de sacrificar a un cerdo y procesar su carne y vísceras para confeccionar embutidos y otros alimentos.
- 3Juego infantil que consiste en dos equipos enfrentados, que se lanzan pelotas con el objetivo de “matar” (tocar) a los jugadores del equipo rival.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amtanza
- maatnza
- matanaz
- matannza
- matanzza
- matazna
- matnaza
- mattanza
- mmatanza
- mtaanza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matanza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matanza", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).