métrosexuel
\me.tʁɔ.sɛk.sɥɛl\
The verdict
“métrosexuel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voire Relatif à un homme citadin qui soigne particulièrement son apparence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metrosexuel · métrosexuel · French
métrosexuel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | métrosexuel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.tʁɔ.sɛk.sɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « métrosexuel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
métrosexuel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.tʁɔ.sɛk.sɥɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for métrosexuel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is métrosexuel, spelled M-É-T-R-O-S-E-X-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1voire Relatif à un homme citadin qui soigne particulièrement son apparence.
- 2voire Relatif à un homme hétérosexuel qui est considéré, sociologiquement, comme ayant des attributs communs aux homosexuels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how métrosexuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous me direz que Paris n’est pas le Texas, que ce n’est pas la capitale mondiale de la virilité, et que pour chaque Alain Delon ou chaque Jean-Paul Belmondo que tu croises dans la rue, il y a 20 Fabrice Lucchini, reste qu’il y a une différence entre un métrosexuel et un gars qui porte une robe et des talons hauts!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.