Materialien

[mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən]

/[mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Materialien” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,813
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Material

Corpus desk

Index DE-materialien · Materialien · German

Materialien · rank #4,813 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,813
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marken

Nearest frequency peer: Marken (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Materialien“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Materialien“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Materialien vs materiellen
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Materialien
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaterialien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,813
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Materialien“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Materialienliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Marken“ (#4,812), „Merkmale“ (#4,814), „Maler“ (#4,811). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Materialien“ bei #4,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Materialien (IPA [mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,813 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Materialien, with forms such as "amterialien", "maetrialien", and "mateiralien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "materiellen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Materialien, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Material
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Material
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Material
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Material

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amterialien
  • maetrialien
  • mateiralien
  • materailien
  • materiailen
  • materialein
  • materialienn
  • materialine
  • materiallien
  • materilaien
  • materrialien
  • matreialien
  • matterialien
  • mmaterialien
  • mtaerialien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Materialien - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amterialien2maetrialien2mateiralien2materailien2materiailen2materialein2materialienn1materialine2
Edit distance from "Materialien"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Materialien"?
"Materialien" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən].
What does "Materialien" mean?
As a noun, "Materialien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Material
What words are commonly confused with "Materialien"?
"Materialien" is commonly confused with "materiellen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Materialien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Materialien" is [mateˈʁi̯aːli̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Materialien" come from?
"Materialien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Materialien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Niederlande#4,819schwieriger#4,833voneinander#4,842Chinesische#4,779

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

konsequent15 variantskeineswegs15 variantsSchokolade15 variantsgeschossen15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list