# mater vs materno

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### mater
*noun · IPA /ˈmaː.ter/ · frequency rank #28,069*
Madre.

### materno
*adjective · IPA [maˈt̪eɾno] · frequency rank #15,156*
Que pertenece o concierne a la madre.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/mater-vs-materno