matam
/ˈma.tɐ̃ʊm/
The verdict
“matam” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,546 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,546
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo matar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈma.tɐ̃ʊm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “matam” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for matam is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈma.tɐ̃ʊm/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,546 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo matar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for matam, with forms such as "amtam", "maatm", and "matamm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mato", "meta", "mate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is matam, spelled M-A-T-A-M.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo matar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amtam,maatm,matamm,matma,mattam,mmatam,mtaam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matam - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “matam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-T-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈma.tɐ̃ʊm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mato” - see the side-by-side comparison. matam vs mato
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.