materiel
/mətɪɹiˈɛl/noun
materiel is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-E-L: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “material vs materiel” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, materiel means “Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of materiel is materiels or matériels.
How many letters and syllables are in materiel?
| Letters | 8: M-A-T-E-R-I-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is materiel?
Materiel appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 materiel?
- UK /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/
- US /mətɪɹiˈɛl/
- US /mətɪɹˈjɛl/
Materiel has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-materiel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with materiel
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with materiel?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as materiel from its last stressed vowel (/ɛl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: realtime.
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).
Forms of materiel
- materiels plural
- matériel
- matériels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does materiel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of materiel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Materiel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense military equipment, apparatus and supplies:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | matériel |
| German | Ausrüstung |
| Portuguese | material militar |
| Spanish | material militar, material bélico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does materiel come from?
Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).