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“materializa” and “materializar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,133
“materializa” frequency rank
#40,946
“materializar” frequency rank
90079
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature materializa materializar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de materializar. Realizar una idea, concepto u otra cosa inmaterial, volverla material.

Where the eye mixes materializa and materializar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. materializa runs 11 letters (CVCVCVVCVCV) against materializar's 12 (CVCVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
materializa
12 ch
materializar

Look-alike desk: materializa vs materializar

A purely visual mix-up. materializa ([mat̪eɾjaˈlisa]) and materializar ([mat̪eɾjaliˈsaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “materializa” sits inside “materializar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

materializa is recorded at frequency rank #49,133, classified as averb, pronounced [mat̪eɾjaˈlisa]. materializar is at rank #40,946, tagged as averb, pronounced [mat̪eɾjaliˈsaɾ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 90079, this pair ranks #2,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of materializa vs materializar

Shared letters: aeilmrtz. Private to "materializa": -. Private to "materializar": -.

"materializa" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCV  ·  "materializar" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • materializa ← amterializa · maetrializa · mateiraliza · materailiza · materiailza · materialiaz · materializza · materialliza
  • materializar ← amterializar · maetrializar · mateiralizar · materailizar · materiailzar · materialiazr · materializarr · materializra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "materializa" and "materializar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([mat̪eɾjaˈlisa] versus [mat̪eɾjaliˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "materializa" vs "materializar" - which ranks higher?
"materializar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,946 in our Spanish list, against #49,133 for "materializa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "materializa" and "materializar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "materializa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "materializar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "materializa" and "materializar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "materialista vs materializa". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #2,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list