metaheuristic
noun
metaheuristic is spelled M-E-T-A-H-E-U-R-I-S-T-I-C: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metaheuristic means “An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metaheuristic is metaheuristics.
How many letters and syllables are in metaheuristic?
| Letters | 13: M-E-T-A-H-E-U-R-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is metaheuristic?
Metaheuristic appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of metaheuristic
- metaheuristics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metaheuristic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does metaheuristic come from?
From meta- + heuristic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).