# mato

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈma.tʊ/ · frequency rank #1,821

## Definitions
1. área não cultivada e coberta de plantas agrestes
2. a roça, o campo

## Easily confused with
- **mo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mo)
- **mau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mau)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-may)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mit)
- **meio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-meio)
- **medo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-medo)
- **modo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-modo)
- **meta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-meta)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-moto)
- **mito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mito)
- **Melo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-melo)
- **muro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-muro)
- **mero** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mero)
- **moço** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-moco)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mote)
- **mimo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mimo)
- **mono** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mono)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mino)
- **mofo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mofo)
- **mayo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mato-vs-mayo)

## Common misspellings (5)
`amto`, `maot`, `matto`, `mmato`, `mtao`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/mato