métropole

Name: métropole, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\me.tʁɔ.pɔl\

/\me.tʁɔ.pɔl\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“métropole” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,165
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville ayant fondé, au-delà des mers, une ou plusieurs autres colonies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-metropole · métropole · French

métropole · rank #4,165 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #4,165
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH mené

Nearest frequency peer: mené (-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.

mariée

95,839
mené

95,837
métropole

95,836
napoléon

95,835
noires

95,834
observation

95,833

What this shows « métropole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

métropole vs métropoles

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for métropole
Property	Value
Headword	métropole
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\me.tʁɔ.pɔl\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#4,165
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « métropole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).métropolese place ici:

#4,165

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mené » (#4,164), « napoléon » (#4,166), « noires » (#4,167). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « métropole » est au #4,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around métropole (IPA \me.tʁɔ.pɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,165 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for métropole, with forms such as "metropole", "mmétropole", and "mtéropole". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "métropoles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is métropole, spelled M-É-T-R-O-P-O-L-E.

Definition

1
Ville ayant fondé, au-delà des mers, une ou plusieurs autres colonies.
2
Capitale administrative d’une province de l’Empire.
3
Capitale d’une province ecclésiastique, où se trouve le siège archiépiscopal.
4
Partie de l’État où se situe la capitale, par opposition à ses colonies et territoires d’outre-mer.
5
Principale ville d’une région, d’un État ou d’un pays. Ville haut placée dans la hiérarchie urbaine d’un État ou du monde.
6
En France, depuis 2014, établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre, structure administrative regroupant plus de 400,000 habitants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how métropole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Phocée est la métropole qui fut à l’origine de la fondation de Marseille.
Ils privèrent la ville [Antioche] du titre de métropole de la Syrie et de l’Orient et le donnèrent à Laodicée, […]

This word in other languages

metropolis(English)metrópoli(Español)Metropolis(Deutsch)metrópole(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

metropole
mmétropole
mtéropole
mértopole
métorpole
métroople
métroploe
métropoel
métropolle
métroppole
métrpoole
métrropole
méttropole
émtropole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of métropole - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "métropole"

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 "métropole"?

"métropole" is spelled M-É-T-R-O-P-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.tʁɔ.pɔl\.

What does "métropole" mean?

As a noun, "métropole" means: Ville ayant fondé, au-delà des mers, une ou plusieurs autres colonies.

What words are commonly confused with "métropole"?

"métropole" is commonly confused with "métropoles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "métropole"?

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

What language does "métropole" come from?

"métropole" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "métropole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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