matérialité

\ma.te.ʁja.li.te\

/\ma.te.ʁja.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“matérialité” is uncommon French (frequency #50,352 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,352
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est matériel.

Key facts for matérialité
PropertyValue
Headwordmatérialité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.te.ʁja.li.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “matérialité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). matérialité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

matérialité is uncommon French at frequency #50,352 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.te.ʁja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for matérialité, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is matérialité, spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est matériel.
  2. 2
    Information matérielle, c’est-à-dire dont l’omission, l’inexactitude ou l’occultation est raisonnablement susceptible d’influencer les décisions d’acheter ou de vendre des actions d’une entreprise, ou de lui prêter ou pas des capitaux.
  3. 3
    Réalité d’un fait.
  4. 4
    Tendance à s’attacher aux choses matérielles, ou à leur donner une importance prééminente.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "matérialité"?
"matérialité" is spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.te.ʁja.li.te\.
What does "matérialité" mean?
As a noun, "matérialité" means: Qualité de ce qui est matériel.
How do you pronounce "matérialité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matérialité" is \ma.te.ʁja.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matérialité" come from?
"matérialité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “matérialité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-T-É-R-I-A-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ma.te.ʁja.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list