# metropolitan

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/ · frequency rank #5,339

## Definitions
1. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
2. The inhabitant of a metropolis.

## Etymology
From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

## Common misspellings (18)
`emtropolitan`, `mertopolitan`, `metorpolitan`, `metrooplitan`, `metroploitan`, `metropoiltan`, `metropoliatn`, `metropolitann`, `metropolitna`, `metropolittan`, `metropollitan`, `metropoltian`, `metroppolitan`, `metrpoolitan`, `metrropolitan`, `mettropolitan`, `mmetropolitan`, `mteropolitan`

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