materias

[maˈt̪eɾjas]

/[maˈt̪eɾjas]/ noun

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The verdict

“materias” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,196. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,196
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de materia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-materias · materias · Spanish

materias · rank #3,196 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,196
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Laura

Nearest frequency peer: Laura (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “materias”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “materias” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

materias vs Matías
50% similar
materias vs metería
63% similar
materias vs Mathias
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for materias
PropertyValue
Headwordmaterias
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈt̪eɾjas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,196
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “materias”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).materiascae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Laura” (#3,195), “ofrecen” (#3,197), “jurado” (#3,194). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “materias” va en #3,196. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around materias (IPA [maˈt̪eɾjas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,196 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de materia.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for materias, with forms such as "amterias", "maetrias", and "mateiras". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Matías", "metería", "Mathias", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is materias, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de materia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amterias
  • maetrias
  • mateiras
  • materais
  • materiass
  • materisa
  • materrias
  • matreias
  • matterias
  • mmaterias
  • mtaerias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of materias - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amterias2maetrias2mateiras2materais2materiass1materisa2materrias1matreias2
Edit distance from "materias"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "materias"?
"materias" is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈt̪eɾjas].
What does "materias" mean?
As a noun, "materias" means: Forma del plural de materia.
What words are commonly confused with "materias"?
"materias" is commonly confused with "Matías", "metería", "Mathias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "materias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "materias" is [maˈt̪eɾjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "materias" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "materias", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imaginar#3,189técnicos#3,219concreto#3,235tránsito#3,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ofrecen11 variantssienten11 variantssímbolo11 variantstuvimos11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list