materno

adj

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The verdict

“materno” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,496
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à mãe; maternal

Corpus desk

Index PT-materno · materno · Portuguese

materno · rank #11,496 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,496
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mali

Nearest frequency peer: Mali (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “materno”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “materno” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

materno vs moderno
71% similar
materno vs mater
71% similar
materno vs matéria
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for materno
PropertyValue
Headwordmaterno
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,496
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “materno”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.maternocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Mali” (#11,494), “liso” (#11,493), “levy” (#11,489). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “materno” fica em #11,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around materno, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,496 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo à mãe; maternal".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for materno, with forms such as "amterno", "maetrno", and "matenro". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "moderno", "mater", "matéria", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is materno, spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à mãe; maternal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how materno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Tomamos 1960 como base para ter uma idéia do que aconteceu em duas gerações”, explicou Juarez de Castro Oliveira, gerente de Estudos e Análises de Dinâmica Demográfica da instituição. Ele apontou como “condicionantes” para o declínio geral da mortalidade, apesar do crescimento das mortes violentas, a relativa melhoria dos serviços de saúde, campanhas de…

This word in other languages

maternal(English)maternal(Español)maternel(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amterno
  • maetrno
  • matenro
  • maternno
  • materon
  • materrno
  • matreno
  • matterno
  • mmaterno
  • mtaerno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of materno - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amterno2maetrno2matenro2maternno1materon2materrno1matreno2matterno1
Edit distance from "materno"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "materno"?
"materno" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-O.
What does "materno" mean?
As an adjective, "materno" means: relativo à mãe; maternal
What words are commonly confused with "materno"?
"materno" is commonly confused with "moderno", "mater", "matéria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "materno" come from?
"materno" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "materno", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list