Metrologie
[metʁoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Metrologie” 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) - Wissenschaft, die sich mit Maßen und Maßsystemen beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-metrologie · Metrologie · German
Metrologie · 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 | Metrologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [metʁoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Metrologie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Metrologie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [metʁoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaft, die sich mit Maßen und Maßsystemen beschäftigt".
Metrologie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct German form is Metrologie, spelled M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft, die sich mit Maßen und Maßsystemen beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Metrologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einige Forscher aus dem Bereich der historischen Metrologie gehen heute davon aus, dass alle Längenmaße der Antike – zuerst die des fruchtbaren Halbmondes, sowie des gesamten Mittelmeerraumes, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens und später auch ganz Europas – jeweils Bezug auf einander nehmen.“
This word in other languages
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.