materia prima
[maˈt̪eɾja ˈpɾima]
The verdict
“materia prima” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un material en su estado natural, sin procesar y que posteriormente se emplea en un proceso de fabricación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-materia-prima · materia prima · Spanish
materia prima · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | materia prima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈt̪eɾja ˈpɾima] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “materia prima” en español
Rare enough to double-check
materia prima is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈt̪eɾja ˈpɾima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for materia prima, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is materia prima, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A- -P-R-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Un material en su estado natural, sin procesar y que posteriormente se emplea en un proceso de fabricación.
- 2En la filosofía aristotelica, la materia prima es la base indeterminada de todo ser material: Es un principio potencial, que no tiene forma, ni características, solo existe cuando se une a una forma.
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.