matérialisation
\ma.te.ʁja.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“matérialisation” is uncommon French (frequency #58,084 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,084
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de matérialiser, de rendre matériel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-materialisation · matérialisation · French
matérialisation · rank #58,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,084
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marry
Nearest frequency peer: marry (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « matérialisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marilou
Marilou
41,920 corpus weight
- marry
marry
41,918 corpus weight
- matérialisa…
matérialisation
41,917 corpus weight
- Meer
Meer
41,916 corpus weight
- melrose
melrose
41,915 corpus weight
- merles
merles
41,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matérialisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matérialisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.te.ʁja.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #58,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matérialisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matérialisation is uncommon French at frequency #58,084 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.te.ʁja.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de matérialiser, de rendre matériel.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for matérialisation, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is matérialisation, spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de matérialiser, de rendre matériel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matérialisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce que l’honorable M. de Pressensé propose d’atteindre, ce n’est pas le lien intellectuel, moral, insaisissable, c’est la matérialisation de l’affiliation, c’est l’assistance, la présence aux réunions…, — (Journal officiel, 14 mars 1872, page 1806, 2ᵉ colonne — cité par Littré)
Toute plus-value, sous quelque forme qu’elle se cristallise, intérêt, rente, profit, n’est [d'après le socialisme allemand] que la matérialisation d’une certaine durée de travail non payé.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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