metátese
/meˈta.te.zi/
The verdict
“metátese” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - troca de lugar de fonemas ou sílabas dentro de uma palavra, atraídos ou repelidos por outros fonemas (por exemplo, atanazar > atazanar; víbora > bívora)
Corpus desk
Index PT-metatese · metátese · Portuguese
metátese · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | metátese |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /meˈta.te.zi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “metátese” em português
Rare enough to double-check
metátese is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /meˈta.te.zi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
metátese doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is metátese, spelled M-E-T-Á-T-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1troca de lugar de fonemas ou sílabas dentro de uma palavra, atraídos ou repelidos por outros fonemas (por exemplo, atanazar > atazanar; víbora > bívora)
- 2mudança de posição dos termos em um enunciado
- 3operação que consiste em transferir o foco de uma doença para outro local onde seja inofensivo ou menos danoso
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.