matara
/ma.ˈta.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“matara” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,636 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,636
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do verbo matar
Corpus desk
Index PT-matara · matara · Portuguese
matara · rank #67,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,636
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH masterpiece
Nearest frequency peer: masterpiece (-1 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 “matara”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- malin
malin
32,375 corpus weight
- masterpiece
masterpiece
32,366 corpus weight
- matara
matara
32,365 corpus weight
- matarás
matarás
32,364 corpus weight
- mixaria
mixaria
32,358 corpus weight
- motricidade
motricidade
32,350 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “matara” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matara |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ma.ˈta.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “matara” em português
Rare enough to double-check
matara is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,636 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ma.ˈta.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do verbo matar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for matara, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 matara, spelled M-A-T-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do pretérito mais-que-perfeito 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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