metroplex
"metroplex" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metroplex” is uncommon English (frequency #70,897 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,897
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metroplex · metroplex · English
metroplex · rank #70,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,897
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mesmer
Nearest frequency peer: Mesmer (-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 “metroplex”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Melanesian
Melanesian
29,107 corpus weight
- membered
membered
29,106 corpus weight
- Mesmer
Mesmer
29,105 corpus weight
- metroplex
metroplex
29,104 corpus weight
- Michener
Michener
29,102 corpus weight
- mincemeat
mincemeat
29,099 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “metroplex” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metroplex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “metroplex” in English
Rare enough to double-check
metroplex is uncommon English at frequency #70,897 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for metroplex, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation. The correct English form is metroplex, spelled M-E-T-R-O-P-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how metroplex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The collection of small urban centers and the multinucleated metropolitan subcenters is the twenty-first-century metroplex that provides citizens with opportunities to develop different lifestyles in new environmental settings. In the metroplex the new arrivals do not have to abandon their careers or interests.
Etymology
Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation.
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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