métastase

Name: métastase, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\me.ta.stɑːz\

/\me.ta.stɑːz\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“métastase” is uncommon French (frequency #66,146 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,146
frequency rank, French: 202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Croissance d’un organisme pathogène ou d’une cellule tumorale à distance du site initialement atteint.

Key facts for métastase
Property	Value
Headword	métastase
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\me.ta.stɑːz\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#66,146
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “métastase” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). métastase lands here:

#66,146

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

métastase is uncommon French at frequency #66,146 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ta.stɑːz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for métastase in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is métastase, spelled M-É-T-A-S-T-A-S-E.

Definition

1
Croissance d’un organisme pathogène ou d’une cellule tumorale à distance du site initialement atteint.
2
Figure de rhétorique qui consiste dans son discours à rejeter sur d'autre des fautes, des erreurs que l'on a commises et que l'on est forcé d'admettre.

This word in other languages

metastasis(English)metástasis(Español)Metastase(Deutsch)metástase(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "métastase"?

"métastase" is spelled M-É-T-A-S-T-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ta.stɑːz\.

What does "métastase" mean?

As a noun, "métastase" means: Croissance d’un organisme pathogène ou d’une cellule tumorale à distance du site initialement atteint.

How do you pronounce "métastase"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "métastase" is \me.ta.stɑːz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "métastase" come from?

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Using “métastase”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is M-É-T-A-S-T-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \me.ta.stɑːz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

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.