ser más viejo que Matusalén

[ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn]

/[ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn]/ phrase

The verdict

“ser más viejo que Matusalén” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Ser muy viejo.

Key facts for ser más viejo que Matusalén
PropertyValue
Headwordser más viejo que Matusalén
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ser más viejo que Matusalén” sits in Spanish frequency

ser más viejo que Matusalén falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ser más viejo que Matusalén is 27 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ser muy viejo.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ser más viejo que Matusalén in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ser más viejo que Matusalén, spelled S-E-R- -M-Á-S- -V-I-E-J-O- -Q-U-E- -M-A-T-U-S-A-L-É-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser muy viejo.

Synonyms

ser más viejo que Cascorroser más viejo que Carracucaser más viejo que la tana

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ser más viejo que Matusalén"?
"ser más viejo que Matusalén" is spelled S-E-R- -M-Á-S- -V-I-E-J-O- -Q-U-E- -M-A-T-U-S-A-L-É-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn].
What does "ser más viejo que Matusalén" mean?
As a phrase, "ser más viejo que Matusalén" means: Ser muy viejo.
How do you pronounce "ser más viejo que Matusalén"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ser más viejo que Matusalén" is [ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “ser más viejo que Matusalén”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R- -M-Á-S- -V-I-E-J-O- -Q-U-E- -M-A-T-U-S-A-L-É-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈseɾ ˈmas ˈβ̞jexo ke mat̪usaˈlẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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