Metatheria
[metaˈteːʁia]
The verdict
“Metatheria” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterklasse der Säugetiere, deren Vertreter sich dadurch auszeichnen, dass sie ihre Jungen noch als Embryo gebären und bis zur Reife in einem Beutel, im Fell oder in Hautfalten tragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-metatheria · Metatheria · German
Metatheria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Metatheria |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [metaˈteːʁia] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Metatheria“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Metatheria is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [metaˈteːʁia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterklasse der Säugetiere, deren Vertreter sich dadurch auszeichnen, dass sie ihre Jungen noch als Embryo gebären und bis zur Reife in einem Beutel, im Fell oder in Hautfalten tragen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Metatheria, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Metatheria, spelled M-E-T-A-T-H-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Unterklasse der Säugetiere, deren Vertreter sich dadurch auszeichnen, dass sie ihre Jungen noch als Embryo gebären und bis zur Reife in einem Beutel, im Fell oder in Hautfalten tragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Metatheria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rezente Vertreter der Metatheria kommen nur im australischen Raum, sowie in Süd-, Mittel- und Nordamerika vor.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.