# materia

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈti(ɚ).ɹi.ə/ · frequency rank #43,776

## Definitions
1. The physical substances which create the natural world: matter, materials, substance, etc.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin māteria (“matter, the material world”).

## Easily confused with
- **matrix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-matrix)
- **material** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-material)
- **maternal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-maternal)
- **materiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-materiel)
- **materials** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-materials)
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maria-vs-materia)
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mater-vs-materia)
- **Madera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madera-vs-materia)
- **malaria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaria-vs-materia)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amteria`, `maetria`, `mateira`, `materai`, `materria`, `matreia`, `matteria`, `mmateria`, `mtaeria`

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