matériel

/\ma.te.ʁjɛl\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,743

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

matériel is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est formé de matière. Pronounced \ma.te.ʁjɛl\. It ranks #1,743 in French word frequency. Often confused with maternel and matériels.

Key facts for matériel
PropertyValue
Headwordmatériel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ma.te.ʁjɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,743
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of matériel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for matériel is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.te.ʁjɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,743 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for matériel, with forms such as "amtériel", "materiel", and "matréiel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "maternel", "matériels", "maternels", 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 French form is matériel, spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est formé de matière.
  2. 2
    Qui a rapport à la matière, qui tient de la matière.
  3. 3
    Qui ne s’attache guère qu’aux choses de la matière.
  4. 4
    Dans l’ancienne philosophie scolastique, signifiait qui est opposé à formel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amtériel,materiel,matréiel,mattériel,matéirel,matéreil,matériell,matérile,matérriel,maétriel,mmatériel,mtaériel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for matériel

Misspelling Variants of "matériel"

amtériel8materiel8matréiel8mattériel9matéirel8matéreil8matériell9matérile8
Misspelling Variants of "matériel"

Frequency rank: #1,743 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "matériel"?
"matériel" is spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.te.ʁjɛl\.
What does "matériel" mean?
As an adj, "matériel" means: Qui est formé de matière.
What words are commonly confused with "matériel"?
"matériel" is commonly confused with "maternel", "matériels", "maternels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "matériel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matériel" is \ma.te.ʁjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matériel" come from?
"matériel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.