materially
"materially" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“materially” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,132
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-materially · materially · English
materially · rank #18,132 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,132
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mastermind
Nearest frequency peer: mastermind (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “materially”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- magically
magically
81,872 corpus weight
- mastermind
mastermind
81,870 corpus weight
- materially
materially
81,869 corpus weight
- metadata
metadata
81,868 corpus weight
- Middlesex
Middlesex
81,867 corpus weight
- mischief
mischief
81,865 corpus weight
What this shows “materially” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | materially |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “materially”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around materially, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #18,132 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for materially, with forms such as "amterially", "maetrially", and "mateirally". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "materials", "material", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly. The correct English form is materially, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
- 2To a significant degree.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how materially appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.
Etymology
From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amterially
- maetrially
- mateirally
- materailly
- materiallyy
- materialy
- materialyl
- materilaly
- materrially
- matreially
- matterially
- mmaterially
- mtaerially
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of materially - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).