mataria
/ma.ta.ˈɾi.ɐ/
The verdict
“mataria” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,042 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #25,042
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - primeira e terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do pretérito 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 | mataria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ma.ta.ˈɾi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mataria” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mataria is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ma.ta.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,042 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "primeira e terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do pretérito do verbo matar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mataria, with forms such as "amtaria", "maatria", and "mataira". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "matriz", "matrix", "matava", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mataria, spelled M-A-T-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1primeira e terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do pretérito do verbo matar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amtaria,maatria,mataira,matarai,matarria,matraia,mattaria,mmataria,mtaaria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mataria - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “mataria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-T-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ma.ta.ˈɾi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “matriz” - see the side-by-side comparison. mataria vs matriz
- 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.