metrology
/mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
"metrology" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metrology” is uncommon English (frequency #53,100 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,100
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metrology · metrology · English
metrology · rank #53,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,100
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Methodism
Nearest frequency peer: Methodism (-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 “metrology”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- matey
matey
46,907 corpus weight
- Methodism
Methodism
46,902 corpus weight
- metrology
metrology
46,901 corpus weight
- miRNA
miRNA
46,900 corpus weight
- Mitcham
Mitcham
46,897 corpus weight
- mobo
mobo
46,896 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “metrology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metrology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “metrology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
metrology is uncommon English at frequency #53,100 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɛtˈɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
metrology has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + -logy. The correct English form is metrology, spelled M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
- 2A system of weights and measures.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + -logy.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).