métamorphose

/\me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,954

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

métamorphose is aFrenchnoun. It means: Transformation, changement d’une forme en une autre. Pronounced \me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\.

Key facts for métamorphose
PropertyValue
Headwordmétamorphose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,954
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of métamorphose in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for métamorphose is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,954 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for métamorphose, with forms such as "metamorphose", "mmétamorphose", and "mtéamorphose". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 French form is métamorphose, spelled M-É-T-A-M-O-R-P-H-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transformation, changement d’une forme en une autre.
  2. 2
    Changement de cette nature opérés par les dieux dans la mythologie grecque et latine.
  3. 3
    Changement de forme qu’on observe dans le plus grand nombre des insectes et dans quelques autres animaux, tels que les grenouilles.
  4. 4
    Changement extérieur d’une personne.
  5. 5
    Changement extraordinaire dans le caractère d’une personne.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: metamorphose,mmétamorphose,mtéamorphose,méatmorphose,métammorphose,métamoprhose,métamorhpose,métamorphhose,métamorphoes,métamorphosse,métamorphsoe,métamorpohse,métamorpphose,métamorrphose,métamrophose,métaomrphose,métmaorphose,méttamorphose,émtamorphose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for métamorphose

Misspelling Variants of "métamorphose"

metamorphose12mmétamorphose13mtéamorphose12méatmorphose12métammorphose13métamoprhose12métamorhpose12métamorphhose13
Misspelling Variants of "métamorphose"

Frequency rank: #16,954 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "métamorphose"?
"métamorphose" is spelled M-É-T-A-M-O-R-P-H-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\.
What does "métamorphose" mean?
As a noun, "métamorphose" means: Transformation, changement d’une forme en une autre.
What are common misspellings of "métamorphose"?
Common misspellings include "metamorphose", "mmétamorphose", "mtéamorphose", "méatmorphose", "métammorphose". The correct spelling is "métamorphose".
How do you pronounce "métamorphose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "métamorphose" is \me.ta.mɔʁ.foz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "métamorphose" come from?
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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.