materia

/[maˈt̪eɾja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,298

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

materia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Uno de los estados básicos de la sustancia del universo, caracterizada por ocupar volumen y poseer masa. Pronounced [maˈt̪eɾja]. It ranks #1,298 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with matriz and mayoría.

Key facts for materia
PropertyValue
Headwordmateria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈt̪eɾja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,298
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of materia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for materia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈt̪eɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,298 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for materia, with forms such as "amteria", "maetria", and "mateira". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "matriz", "mayoría", "miseria", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is materia, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los estados básicos de la sustancia del universo, caracterizada por ocupar volumen y poseer masa.
  2. 2
    Uno de los componentes de la sustancia, el sustrato potencial actualizado por la forma, que es una de sus cuatro causas de acuerdo a los partidarios del hilemorfismo.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, la parte no espiritual de la realidad.
  4. 4
    Asunto o temática del que se ocupa una obra o documento.
  5. 5
    Objeto que se estudia en un curso académico.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amteria,maetria,mateira,materai,materria,matreia,matteria,mmateria,mtaeria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for materia

Misspelling Variants of "materia"

amteria7maetria7mateira7materai7materria8matreia7matteria8mmateria8
Misspelling Variants of "materia"

Frequency rank: #1,298 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "materia"?
"materia" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈt̪eɾja].
What does "materia" mean?
As a noun, "materia" means: Uno de los estados básicos de la sustancia del universo, caracterizada por ocupar volumen y poseer masa.
What words are commonly confused with "materia"?
"materia" is commonly confused with "matriz", "mayoría", "miseria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "materia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "materia" is [maˈt̪eɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "materia" come from?
"materia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.