# Metz

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɛts/ · frequency rank #34,589

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
2. A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
3. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Metz, from Latin Mediomatrici (later Mettis).

## Easily confused with
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mt)
- **MTV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mtv)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mit)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mot)
- **mew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mew)
- **mex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mex)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-miz)
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mta)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mst)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mrt)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-moz)
- **meu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-meu)
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-myth)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mute)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-moth)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-moto)
- **mitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mitt)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mite)
- **mott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mott)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/metz-vs-mutt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emtz`, `mettz`, `metzz`, `mezt`, `mmetz`, `mtez`

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