materias

/[maˈt̪eɾjas]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,196

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

materias is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de materia. Pronounced [maˈt̪eɾjas]. It ranks #3,196 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Matías and metería.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for materias is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈt̪eɾjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,196 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Matías", "metería", "Mathias", 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 materias, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for materias

Misspelling Variants of "materias"

amterias8maetrias8mateiras8materais8materiass9materisa8materrias9matreias8
Misspelling Variants of "materias"

Frequency rank: #3,196 in Spanish

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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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.