metrología
[met̪ɾoloˈxia]
The verdict
“metrología” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,328 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,328
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disciplina que tiene por objeto de estudio a los sistemas de medición de las magnitudes que sean suceptibles de ser cuantificadas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metrología |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [met̪ɾoloˈxia] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “metrología” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
metrología is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,328 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [met̪ɾoloˈxia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disciplina que tiene por objeto de estudio a los sistemas de medición de las magnitudes que sean suceptibles de ser cuantificadas.".
No misspelling variants are generated for metrología in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct Spanish form is metrología, spelled M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Disciplina que tiene por objeto de estudio a los sistemas de medición de las magnitudes que sean suceptibles de ser cuantificadas.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “metrología”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [met̪ɾoloˈxia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.