# matado vs matar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### matado
*verb · IPA [maˈt̪að̞o] · frequency rank #7,192*
Participio de matar o de matarse.

### matar
*verb · IPA [maˈt̪aɾ] · frequency rank #1,383*
Quitar la vida.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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