# Materials vs materiell

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Materials
*noun · IPA [mateˈʁi̯aːls] · frequency rank #11,698*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Material

### materiell
*adjective · IPA [matəˈʁi̯ɛl] · frequency rank #31,172*
auf Materie, das tatsächlich Vorhandene bezogen

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