# material vs matériaux

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### material
*adjective · IPA \məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl\ · frequency rank #40,862*
Matériel.

### matériaux
*noun · IPA \ma.te.ʁjo\ · frequency rank #3,544*
Pluriel de matériau.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/material-vs-materiaux