Matus
[ˈmat̪us]
The verdict
“Matus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,721 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,721
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-matus · Matus · Spanish
Matus · rank #74,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,721
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH matarás
Nearest frequency peer: matarás (-4 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 “Matus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mansedumbre
mansedumbre
25,288 corpus weight
- matarás
matarás
25,284 corpus weight
- Matus
Matus
25,280 corpus weight
- mediaciones
mediaciones
25,275 corpus weight
- medicaciones
medicaciones
25,274 corpus weight
- menemismo
menemismo
25,273 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Matus” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmat̪us] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Matus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Matus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,721 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmat̪us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Matus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Matus, spelled M-A-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 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.