Which to use
“materielle” and “materiellen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,356
- “materielle” frequency rank
- #16,217
- “materiellen” frequency rank
- 33573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | materielle | materiellen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs materiell | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs materiell |
Where the eye mixes materielle and materiellen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. materielle runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCCV) against materiellen's 11 (CVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: materielle vs materiellen
A purely visual mix-up. materielle ([matəˈʁi̯ɛlə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “materielle” sits inside “materiellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
materielle is recorded at frequency rank #17,356, classified as anadj, pronounced [matəˈʁi̯ɛlə]. 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 33573, this pair ranks #1,682,931 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of materielle vs materiellen
Shared letters: aeilmrt. Private to "materielle": -. Private to "materiellen": n.
"materielle" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV · "materiellen" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- materielle ← amterielle · maetrielle · mateirelle · matereille · materiele · materielel · materilele · materrielle
- materiellen ← amteriellen · maetriellen · mateirellen · matereillen · materieleln · materielen · materiellenn · materiellne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "materielle" for "materiellen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "materielle" vs "materiellen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "materielle" 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 #1,682,931 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "materielle" and "materiellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "materielle 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 #1,682,931 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.