# metric

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ · frequency rank #8,577

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
2. Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
3. Of or relating to distance.

## Etymology
From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **mythic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metric-vs-mythic)
- **metrics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metric-vs-metrics)
- **Merc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merc-vs-metric)
- **merit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merit-vs-metric)
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metre-vs-metric)
- **medic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-metric)
- **Matic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matic-vs-metric)
- **matrix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matrix-vs-metric)
- **Merrick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merrick-vs-metric)
- **meteoric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meteoric-vs-metric)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emtric`, `mertic`, `metirc`, `metrci`, `metricc`, `metrric`, `mettric`, `mmetric`, `mteric`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/metric