metro

/[ˈmet̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,905

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

metro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Unidad de longitud del Sistema Internacional de Unidades equivalente a la distancia recorrida por la luz en un tiempo de 1/299.792.458 de segundo. Pronounced [ˈmet̪ɾo]. It ranks #1,905 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with muro and moto.

Key facts for metro
PropertyValue
Headwordmetro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmet̪ɾo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,905
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for metro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmet̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,905 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for metro, with forms such as "emtro", "merto", and "metor". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muro", "moto", "miro", 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 metro, spelled M-E-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad de longitud del Sistema Internacional de Unidades equivalente a la distancia recorrida por la luz en un tiempo de 1/299.792.458 de segundo.
  2. 2
    Cinta metálica autoenrollable con escala graduada que alcanza varios metros de longitud, utilizada para medir la longitud de los objetos, sobre todo en trabajos de construccción.
  3. 3
    Medida de un verso, determinada por el número de sílabas, la posición de los acentos, el ritmo y la rima, principalmente.
  4. 4
    En el idioma griego o latino, unidad de medida de la repetición de un determinado patrón de sílabas de duración larga (habitualmente transcritas en métrica con el signo de raya larga baja o __) o bien breve (transcrito con el signo U).
  5. 5
    Modelo a seguir.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emtro,merto,metor,metrro,mettro,mmetro,mtero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for metro

Misspelling Variants of "metro"

emtro5merto5metor5metrro6mettro6mmetro6mtero5
Misspelling Variants of "metro"

Frequency rank: #1,905 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "metro"?
"metro" is spelled M-E-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmet̪ɾo].
What does "metro" mean?
As a noun, "metro" means: Unidad de longitud del Sistema Internacional de Unidades equivalente a la distancia recorrida por la luz en un tiempo de 1/299.792.458 de segundo.
What words are commonly confused with "metro"?
"metro" is commonly confused with "muro", "moto", "miro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "metro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "metro" is [ˈmet̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "metro" come from?
"metro" 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.