metástase
/mɨ.ˈtaʃ.tɐ.zɨ/
The verdict
“metástase” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,585
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formação de uma nova lesão tumoral a partir de outra, mas sem continuidade entre as duas
Corpus desk
Index PT-metastase · metástase · Portuguese
metástase · rank #49,585 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,585
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH naturalismo
Nearest frequency peer: naturalismo (+18 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “metástase”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- lesbianismo
lesbianismo
50,439 corpus weight
- listra
listra
50,437 corpus weight
- loch
loch
50,435 corpus weight
- metástase
metástase
50,416 corpus weight
- naturalismo
naturalismo
50,398 corpus weight
- noon
noon
50,394 corpus weight
What this shows “metástase” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metástase |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɨ.ˈtaʃ.tɐ.zɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “metástase”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around metástase (IPA /mɨ.ˈtaʃ.tɐ.zɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,585 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "formação de uma nova lesão tumoral a partir de outra, mas sem continuidade entre as duas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for metástase, with forms such as "emtástase", "metsátase", and "mettástase". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is metástase, spelled M-E-T-Á-S-T-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1formação de uma nova lesão tumoral a partir de outra, mas sem continuidade entre as duas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how metástase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nunca a medicina investigou tanto o momento exato em que o câncer começa a se espalhar pelo corpo - a chamada metástase.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtástase
- metsátase
- mettástase
- metásatse
- metásstase
- metástaes
- metástasse
- metástsae
- metásttase
- metátsase
- meátstase
- mmetástase
- mteástase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metástase - 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.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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