materialismo
/mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐ.ˈliʒ.mu/
The verdict
“materialismo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #32,256 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,256
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doutrina segundo a qual apenas a matéria existe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | materialismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐ.ˈliʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “materialismo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for materialismo is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐ.ˈliʒ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,256 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for materialismo, with forms such as "amterialismo", "maetrialismo", and "mateiralismo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Portuguese form is materialismo, spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1doutrina segundo a qual apenas a matéria existe
- 2preocupação constante com as coisas materiais
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amterialismo,maetrialismo,mateiralismo,materailismo,materiailsmo,materialimso,materialismmo,materialisom,materialissmo,materiallismo,materialsimo,materilaismo,materrialismo,matreialismo,matterialismo,mmaterialismo,mtaerialismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of materialismo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “materialismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐ.ˈliʒ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.