Which to use
“materiell” and “materiellen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,172
- “materiell” frequency rank
- #16,217
- “materiellen” frequency rank
- 47389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | materiell | materiellen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf Materie, das tatsächlich Vorhandene bezogen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs materiell |
Where the eye mixes materiell and materiellen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. materiell runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCC) against materiellen's 11 (CVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: materiell vs materiellen
A purely visual mix-up. materiell ([matəˈʁi̯ɛl]) and materiellen ([matəˈʁi̯ɛlən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “materiell” sits inside “materiellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
materiell is recorded at frequency rank #31,172, classified as anadj, pronounced [matəˈʁi̯ɛl]. materiellen is at rank #16,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced [matəˈʁi̯ɛlən].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47389, this pair ranks #1,285,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of materiell vs materiellen
Shared letters: aeilmrt. Private to "materiell": -. Private to "materiellen": n.
"materiell" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "materiellen" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- materiell ← amteriell · maetriell · mateirell · matereill · materiel · materilel · materriell · matreiell
- materiellen ← amteriellen · maetriellen · mateirellen · matereillen · materieleln · materielen · materiellenn · materiellne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "materiell" for "materiellen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "materiell" or "materiellen" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "materiell" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "materiellen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,285,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "materiell" and "materiellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "materiell vs materieller". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,285,973 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.