matière

\ma.tjɛʁ\

/\ma.tjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“matière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#825
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui a de la masse et occupe de l’espace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-matiere · matière · French

matière · rank #825 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #825
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH journal

Nearest frequency peer: journal (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « matière »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « matière » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

matière vs métier
57% similar
matière vs mature
71% similar
matière vs matter
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for matière
PropertyValue
Headwordmatière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.tjɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#825
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « matière »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).matièrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « journal » (#824), « ouest » (#826), « honneur » (#823). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « matière » est au #825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around matière (IPA \ma.tjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #825 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for matière, with forms such as "amtière", "maitère", and "matiere". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "métier", "mature", "matter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is matière, spelled M-A-T-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui a de la masse et occupe de l’espace.
  2. 2
    Ce dont une chose est faite.
  3. 3
    Substance étendue, divisible et susceptible de recevoir toute sorte de formes.
  4. 4
    Qualité des éléments matériels qui entrent dans la réalisation d’une œuvre d’art.
  5. 5
    Sujet sur lequel on écrit, on parle.
  6. 6
    Sujet enseigné dans un cadre d’un cours.
  7. 7
    Quelques-unes des parties qui composent la science du droit.
  8. 8
    Sujet qu’on propose à des élèves pour le mettre en narration, en discours, en vers.
  9. 9
    Substances évacuées par le haut ou par le bas, c’est-à-dire par l’anus ou la bouche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how matière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le jus contient, en outre du principe sucré, une foule de matières étrangères dont quelques-unes sont susceptibles de fermenter et d'altérer le sucre.
  2. J’ai vu, dans ma longue carrière d’ingénieur acousticien, bien des matières excellentes conductrices du son, mais jamais je n’en rencontrerai une seule comparable, même de loin, à celle dont sont pétris les murs de l’hôtel Terminus à Marseille.

Synonyms

sujetsubstance

This word in other languages

matter(English)materia(Español)Stoff(Deutsch)matéria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amtière
  • maitère
  • matiere
  • matirèe
  • matièer
  • matièrre
  • mattière
  • matèire
  • mmatière
  • mtaière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matière - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amtière2maitère2matiere1matirèe2matièer2matièrre1mattière1matèire2
Edit distance from "matière"

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 "matière"?
"matière" is spelled M-A-T-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.tjɛʁ\.
What does "matière" mean?
As a noun, "matière" means: Ce qui a de la masse et occupe de l’espace.
What words are commonly confused with "matière"?
"matière" is commonly confused with "métier", "mature", "matter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "matière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matière" is \ma.tjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matière" come from?
"matière" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matière", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

journal#824honneur#823faisant#821entendu#820

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Version10 variantsénergie10 variantsattendre10 variantscombien10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list