metro

[ˈmet̪ɾo]

/[ˈmet̪ɾo]/ noun

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The verdict

“metro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,905. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,905
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-metro · metro · Spanish

metro · rank #1,905 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,905
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH martes

Nearest frequency peer: martes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “metro”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “metro” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

metro vs muro
60% similar
metro vs moto
60% similar
metro vs miro
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “metro”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).metrocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “martes” (#1,904), “Navidad” (#1,906), “llaman” (#1,903). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “metro” va en #1,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around metro (IPA [ˈmet̪ɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,905 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for metro, with forms such as "emtro", "merto", and "metor". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is metro, spelled M-E-T-R-O.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how metro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Antiguamente se definía al metro como la diezmillonésima parte de la mitad de un meridiano terrestre.
  2. ¿Dónde está el banco más cercano? Está un poco lejos, a unos trescientos metros.

Synonyms

cinta métricapienormapatrónmodelo

This word in other languages

metre(English)mètre(Français)Meter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emtro
  • merto
  • metor
  • metrro
  • mettro
  • mmetro
  • mtero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emtro2merto2metor2metrro1mettro1mmetro1mtero2
Edit distance from "metro"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "metro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

firma#1,898señal#1,918breve#1,888valle#1,925

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

llaman7 variantsnotas7 variantslados7 variantsmuseo7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list