metamorphosis
met·a·mor·pho·sis/ˌmɛtəˈmoɹfəsɪs/noun
metamorphosis is spelled M-E-T-A-M-O-R-P-H-O-S-I-S, 5 syllables: met·a·mor·pho·sis. The wrong spelling people search most is metamorphysis: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 625 of all searches for the word. Metamorphosis is a noun meaning “A transformation, such as one performed by magic”. The plural of metamorphosis is metamorphoses.
How many letters and syllables are in metamorphosis?
| Letters | 13: M-E-T-A-M-O-R-P-H-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: met·a·mor·pho·sis |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, metamorphysis, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is spelled M-E-T-A-M-O-R-P-H-O-S-I-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 637 of the searches for metamorphosis in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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).
How do you pronounce metamorphosis?
- UK /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/
- UK /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/
- US /ˌmɛtəˈmoɹfəsɪs/
Metamorphosis has 5 syllables, split met·a·mor·pho·sis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-metamorphosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of metamorphosis
- metamorphoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metamorphosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- 2
A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- 3
A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- 4
A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Metamorphosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métamorphose |
| German | Verwandlung, Metamorphose |
| Portuguese | metamorfose , mudança, transformação, mutação, evolução |
| Spanish | metamorfosis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does metamorphosis come from?
First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).