# materials vs materiel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### materials
*noun · IPA /məˈtɪɹi.əlz/ · frequency rank #1,731*
plural of material

### materiel
*noun · IPA /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/ · frequency rank #37,088*
Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materials-vs-materiel