megalopolis
/mɛ.ɡəˈlɒ.pə.lɪs/
"megalopolis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“megalopolis” is uncommon English (frequency #81,564 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,564
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megalopolis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɛ.ɡəˈlɒ.pə.lɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “megalopolis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
megalopolis is uncommon English at frequency #81,564 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɛ.ɡəˈlɒ.pə.lɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.".
megalopolis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From megalo- (“great”) + -polis (“city”). The correct English form is megalopolis, spelled M-E-G-A-L-O-P-O-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.
Etymology
From megalo- (“great”) + -polis (“city”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “megalopolis”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-E-G-A-L-O-P-O-L-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.