# matei vs matter

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### matei
*verb · IPA /ma.ˈteɪ/ · frequency rank #9,532*
primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do modo indicativo do verbo matar

### matter
*noun · IPA /ˈmætɚ/ · frequency rank #22,387*
matéria

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