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 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,564
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-megalopolis · megalopolis · English
megalopolis · rank #81,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,564
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH meaninglessne…
Nearest frequency peer: meaninglessness (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “megalopolis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McIntire
McIntire
18,442 corpus weight
- McKechnie
McKechnie
18,441 corpus weight
- McKeever
McKeever
18,440 corpus weight
- meaningless…
meaninglessness
18,438 corpus weight
- megalopolis
megalopolis
18,437 corpus weight
- Melchizedek
Melchizedek
18,435 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “megalopolis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “megalopolis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
megalopolis is uncommon English at frequency #81,564 among 4,057 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how megalopolis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA.
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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