metapopulation
noun
metapopulation is spelled M-E-T-A-P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metapopulation means “A group of interacting populations of the same species” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metapopulation is metapopulations.
How many letters and syllables are in metapopulation?
| Letters | 14: M-E-T-A-P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 metapopulation?
Metapopulation appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 metapopulation?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-metapopulation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of metapopulation
- metapopulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metapopulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group of interacting populations of the same species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does metapopulation come from?
From meta- + population.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).