Materials

/[mateˈʁi̯aːls]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,698

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Materials is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Material Pronounced [mateˈʁi̯aːls]. Often confused with materiell and Material.

Key facts for Materials
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaterials
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mateˈʁi̯aːls]
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,698
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Materials in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Materials is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mateˈʁi̯aːls]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,698 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Material".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Materials, with forms such as "amterials", "maetrials", and "mateirals". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "materiell", "Material", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Materials, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Material

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amterials,maetrials,mateirals,materails,materialls,materialss,materiasl,materilas,materrials,matreials,matterials,mmaterials,mtaerials

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Materials

Misspelling Variants of "Materials"

amterials9maetrials9mateirals9materails9materialls10materialss10materiasl9materilas9
Misspelling Variants of "Materials"

Frequency rank: #11,698 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Materials"?
"Materials" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [mateˈʁi̯aːls].
What does "Materials" mean?
As a noun, "Materials" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Material
What words are commonly confused with "Materials"?
"Materials" is commonly confused with "materiell", "Material". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Materials"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Materials" is [mateˈʁi̯aːls]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Materials" come from?
"Materials" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.