maternales
[mat̪eɾˈnales]
The verdict
“maternales” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,524 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,524
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de maternal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maternales · maternales · Spanish
maternales · rank #65,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,524
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Maurizio
Nearest frequency peer: Maurizio (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “maternales”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- madrigueras
madrigueras
34,484 corpus weight
- mandaremos
mandaremos
34,482 corpus weight
- maternales
maternales
34,477 corpus weight
- Maurizio
Maurizio
34,476 corpus weight
- menaje
menaje
34,472 corpus weight
- Mencía
Mencía
34,471 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maternales” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maternales |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mat̪eɾˈnales] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maternales” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maternales is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,524 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mat̪eɾˈnales]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de maternal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maternales in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is maternales, spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de maternal.
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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