matarán
[mat̪aˈɾãn]
The verdict
“matarán” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,256
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de matar o de matarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mataran · matarán · Spanish
matarán · rank #47,256 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,256
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH materialmente
Nearest frequency peer: materialmente (+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 “matarán”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marcapasos
marcapasos
52,748 corpus weight
- matarán
matarán
52,745 corpus weight
- materialmen…
materialmente
52,744 corpus weight
- Matta
Matta
52,743 corpus weight
- merecías
merecías
52,742 corpus weight
- metafísico
metafísico
52,741 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “matarán” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | matarán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mat̪aˈɾãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “matarán” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around matarán (IPA [mat̪aˈɾãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,256 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de matar o de matarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for matarán, with forms such as "amtarán", "maatrán", and "matarná". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Mataró", "mataron", "mataría", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is matarán, spelled M-A-T-A-R-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de matar o de matarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amtarán
- maatrán
- matarná
- matarrán
- mataránn
- mataárn
- matraán
- mattarán
- mmatarán
- mtaarán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matarán - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matarán", 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).
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.