metric

/\ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,015

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

metric is anFrenchadj. It means: Métrique, relatif à l’unité de mesure de longueur mètre. Pronounced \ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\.

Key facts for metric
PropertyValue
Headwordmetric
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,015
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for metric is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\. Corpus data places it at rank #85,015 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for metric in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 metric, spelled M-E-T-R-I-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Métrique, relatif à l’unité de mesure de longueur mètre.
  2. 2
    Métrique, relatif au système métrique.

Frequency rank: #85,015 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "metric"?
"metric" is spelled M-E-T-R-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\.
What does "metric" mean?
As an adj, "metric" means: Métrique, relatif à l’unité de mesure de longueur mètre.
How do you pronounce "metric"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "metric" is \ˈmɛt.ɹɪk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "metric" 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.