materialization

noun

"materialization" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“materialization” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The conversion of something into a physical form.

Corpus desk

Index EN-materialization · materialization · English

materialization · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for materialization
PropertyValue
Headwordmaterialization
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “materialization” in English

materializationfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

materialization is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for materialization, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From material + -ization and materialize + -ation. The correct English form is materialization, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The conversion of something into a physical form.
  2. 2
    The conversion of energy into mass.
  3. 3
    The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations."
  2. "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"

Etymology

From material + -ization and materialize + -ation.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "materialization"?
"materialization" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "materialization" mean?
As a noun, "materialization" means: The conversion of something into a physical form.
What is the origin of the word "materialization"?
From material + -ization and materialize + -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list