metales

/[meˈt̪ales]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,879

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

metales is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de metal. Pronounced [meˈt̪ales]. It ranks #7,879 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with metas and metes.

Key facts for metales
PropertyValue
Headwordmetales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meˈt̪ales]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,879
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of metales in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for metales is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈt̪ales]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,879 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de metal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for metales, with forms such as "emtales", "meatles", and "metaels". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "metas", "metes", "Morales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is metales, spelled M-E-T-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de metal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emtales,meatles,metaels,metaless,metalles,metalse,metlaes,mettales,mmetales,mteales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for metales

Misspelling Variants of "metales"

emtales7meatles7metaels7metaless8metalles8metalse7metlaes7mettales8
Misspelling Variants of "metales"

Frequency rank: #7,879 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "metales"?
"metales" is spelled M-E-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈt̪ales].
What does "metales" mean?
As a noun, "metales" means: Forma del plural de metal.
What words are commonly confused with "metales"?
"metales" is commonly confused with "metas", "metes", "Morales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "metales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "metales" is [meˈt̪ales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "metales" come from?
"metales" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.