Materie

[maˈteːʁiə]

/[maˈteːʁiə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Materie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,364
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Urstoff, das Ungeformte, der Stoff

Corpus desk

Index DE-materie · Materie · German

Materie · rank #7,364 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,364
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH magie

Nearest frequency peer: magie (-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 „Materie“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Materie“ 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).

Materie vs Matrix
71% similar
Materie vs materiell
67% similar
Materie vs Marie
71% similar

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

Key facts for Materie
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaterie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈteːʁiə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,364
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Materie“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „magie“ (#7,363), „Mia“ (#7,365), „Made“ (#7,362). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Materie“ bei #7,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Materie (IPA [maˈteːʁiə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,364 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Materie, with forms such as "amterie", "maetrie", and "mateire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Matrix", "materiell", "Marie", and more, 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. The correct German form is Materie, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Urstoff, das Ungeformte, der Stoff
  2. 2
    die außerhalb des Bewusstseins bestehende Wirklichkeit
  3. 3
    der Gegenstand, das Thema, der Stoff
  4. 4
    Eiter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Materie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie untersuchten die Materie, die die Sonde auf der Mondoberfläche entnommen hatte.
  2. „Das war zu der Zeit, als die Elementarteilchen der Materie wie Pilze aus dem Boden zu schießen begannen.“

Synonyms

Stoff

Antonyms

Idee

This word in other languages

matter(English)materia(Español)matière(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amterie
  • maetrie
  • mateire
  • materei
  • materrie
  • matreie
  • matterie
  • mmaterie
  • mtaerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Materie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amterie2maetrie2mateire2materei2materrie1matreie2matterie1mmaterie1
Edit distance from "Materie"

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 "Materie"?
"Materie" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈteːʁiə].
What does "Materie" mean?
As a noun, "Materie" means: der Urstoff, das Ungeformte, der Stoff
What words are commonly confused with "Materie"?
"Materie" is commonly confused with "Matrix", "materiell", "Marie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Materie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Materie" is [maˈteːʁiə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Materie" come from?
"Materie" 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 "Materie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

optimal#7,372kündigt#7,355Komödie#7,353premier#7,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

nackte9 variantssammelt9 variantsSektor9 variantsGrüner9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list