Metellus
The verdict
“Metellus” is uncommon French (frequency #85,014 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,014
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patronyme romain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metellus · Metellus · French
Metellus · rank #85,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,014
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH messa
Nearest frequency peer: messa (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Metellus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- menotte
menotte
14,990 corpus weight
- merlu
merlu
14,989 corpus weight
- messa
messa
14,988 corpus weight
- Metellus
Metellus
14,987 corpus weight
- metric
metric
14,986 corpus weight
- MIAGE
MIAGE
14,985 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Metellus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Metellus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Metellus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Metellus is uncommon French at frequency #85,014 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Patronyme romain.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Metellus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Metellus, spelled M-E-T-E-L-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Patronyme romain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Metellus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus.
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.
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