matan
/ˈma.t̪ãn/
The verdict
“matan” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,333 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,333
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo matar
Corpus desk
Index PT-matan · matan · Portuguese
matan · rank #77,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,333
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH marinada
Nearest frequency peer: marinada (-2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “matan”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Libya
Libya
22,692 corpus weight
- marinada
marinada
22,670 corpus weight
- matan
matan
22,668 corpus weight
- maçon
maçon
22,665 corpus weight
- megalomanía…
megalomaníaco
22,659 corpus weight
- miado
miado
22,652 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “matan” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matan |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈma.t̪ãn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “matan” em português
Rare enough to double-check
matan is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,333 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈma.t̪ãn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo matar".
matan has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is matan, spelled M-A-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo matar
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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