matéria

//mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ// noun

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,248

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

matéria is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualquer substância, sólida, líquida ou gasosa, que ocupa lugar no espaço Pronounced /mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/. It ranks #1,248 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with matriz and matrix.

Key facts for matéria
PropertyValue
Headwordmatéria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,248
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of matéria in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for matéria is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,248 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for matéria, with forms such as "amtéria", "matréia", and "mattéria". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "matriz", "matrix", "miséria", 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 Portuguese form is matéria, spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer substância, sólida, líquida ou gasosa, que ocupa lugar no espaço
  2. 2
    agregado de partículas que possuem massa
  3. 3
    substância corpórea de determinada natureza
  4. 4
    entre os filósofos pré-socráticos, elemento primordial ou substância original de que são feitos todos os seres da natureza [Foi frequentemente identificada à tétrade ar, terra, fogo e água, ou a apenas um destes princípios.]
  5. 5
    no platonismo e no aristotelismo, princípio informe, indefinido e indeterminado, subjacente e comum a todos os objetos da natureza, que adquire alguma forma universal em decorrência de sua natureza passiva e receptiva
  6. 6
    no cartesianismo, substância que ocupa uma extensão - comprimento, largura e profundidade - no espaço, adquirindo portanto uma determinação geométrica e quantitativa, suscetível de medida e de enunciação matemática
  7. 7
    substância sólida de que se faz um produto ou uma obra
  8. 8
    substância que pode receber determinada forma ou na qual atua algum agente
  9. 9
    qualquer substância expelida pelo organismo
  10. 10
    qualquer substância expelida pelo organismo
  11. 11
    aquilo de que se trata, expresso por escrito ou oralmente; teor, assunto
  12. 12
    o que constitui ou poderá constituir objeto de conhecimento, de uma atividade; material
  13. 13
    qualquer texto jornalístico
  14. 14
    aquilo que gera efeitos, consequências; causa
  15. 15
    conteúdo específico daquilo que é o objeto de um ensino
  16. 16
    conhecimento acumulado; saber
  17. 17
    apego às coisas terrenas; materialidade
  18. 18
    dotado de corpo, de carne; corporalidade, carnalidade

This word in other languages

matter(English)matière(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amtéria,matréia,mattéria,matéira,matérai,matérria,maétria,mmatéria,mtaéria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for matéria

Misspelling Variants of "matéria"

amtéria7matréia7mattéria8matéira7matérai7matérria8maétria7mmatéria8
Misspelling Variants of "matéria"

Frequency rank: #1,248 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "matéria"?
"matéria" is spelled M-A-T-É-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/.
What does "matéria" mean?
As a noun, "matéria" means: qualquer substância, sólida, líquida ou gasosa, que ocupa lugar no espaço
What words are commonly confused with "matéria"?
"matéria" is commonly confused with "matriz", "matrix", "miséria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "matéria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matéria" is /mɐ.ˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matéria" come from?
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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.