materia
/məˈti(ɚ).ɹi.ə/noun
materia is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, materia means “The physical substances which create the natural world: matter, materials, substance, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in materia?
| Letters | 7: M-A-T-E-R-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is materia?
Materia appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce materia?
- US /məˈti(ɚ).ɹi.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with materia?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as materia (/iɹiə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: artemia.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does materia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The physical substances which create the natural world: matter, materials, substance, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does materia come from?
Borrowed from Latin māteria (“matter, the material world”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).