metafonía
[met̪afoˈnia]
The verdict
“metafonía” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Proceso morfológico de apofonía propio de las lenguas germánicas mediante el cual la raíz de un sustantivo, un adjetivo o un verbo adopta una vocal diferente a la de su forma básica Por ejemplo:la ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metafonía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [met̪afoˈnia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “metafonía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
metafonía is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [met̪afoˈnia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Proceso morfológico de apofonía propio de las lenguas germánicas mediante el cual la raíz de un sustantivo, un adjetivo o un verbo adopta una vocal diferente a la de su forma básica Por ejemplo:la ...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for metafonía, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is metafonía, spelled M-E-T-A-F-O-N-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Proceso morfológico de apofonía propio de las lenguas germánicas mediante el cual la raíz de un sustantivo, un adjetivo o un verbo adopta una vocal diferente a la de su forma básica Por ejemplo:la formación del pasado. Por ejemplo, en la alternancia sing/sang
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “metafonía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-T-A-F-O-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [met̪afoˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.