# materiel

> English word · Noun · IPA /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/ · frequency rank #37,088

## Definitions
1. Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.

## Easily confused with
- **maternal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materiel-vs-maternal)
- **materia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materia-vs-materiel)
- **material** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/material-vs-materiel)
- **materials** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/materials-vs-materiel)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amteriel`, `maetriel`, `mateirel`, `matereil`, `materiell`, `materile`, `materriel`, `matreiel`, `matteriel`, `mmateriel`, `mtaeriel`

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