materialismo
[mat̪eɾjaˈlismo]
The verdict
“materialismo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,139 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,139
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrina filosófica que admite como única sustancia la material, negando la existencia de realidades espirituales.
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 | materialismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mat̪eɾjaˈlismo] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #26,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “materialismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for materialismo is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mat̪eɾjaˈlismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,139 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Doctrina filosófica que admite como única sustancia la material, negando la existencia de realidades espirituales.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for materialismo, with forms such as "amterialismo", "maetrialismo", and "mateiralismo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "materialista", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is materialismo, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Doctrina filosófica que admite como única sustancia la material, negando la existencia de realidades espirituales.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amterialismo,maetrialismo,mateiralismo,materailismo,materiailsmo,materialimso,materialismmo,materialisom,materialissmo,materiallismo,materialsimo,materilaismo,materrialismo,matreialismo,matterialismo,mmaterialismo,mtaerialismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of materialismo - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “materialismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mat̪eɾjaˈlismo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “materialista” - see the side-by-side comparison. materialismo vs materialista
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.