metrologia

noun

The verdict

“metrologia” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,009
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ciência das medições, abrangendo todos os aspectos teóricos e práticos que asseguram a precisão exigida no processo produtivo

Corpus desk

Index PT-metrologia · metrologia · Portuguese

metrologia · rank #48,009 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,009
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH metafísico

Nearest frequency peer: metafísico (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “metrologia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “metrologia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

metrologia vs mitologia
80% similar
metrologia vs meteorologia
83% similar

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

Key facts for metrologia
PropertyValue
Headwordmetrologia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#48,009
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “metrologia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.metrologiacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “metafísico” (#48,008), “meridiano” (#48,007), “maçante” (#48,003). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “metrologia” fica em #48,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around metrologia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,009 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ciência das medições, abrangendo todos os aspectos teóricos e práticos que asseguram a precisão exigida no processo produtivo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for metrologia, with forms such as "emtrologia", "mertologia", and "metorlogia". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mitologia", "meteorologia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Portuguese form is metrologia, spelled M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciência das medições, abrangendo todos os aspectos teóricos e práticos que asseguram a precisão exigida no processo produtivo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A decisão foi tomada pelo Instituto Nacional de Metrologia e Qualidade Industrial (Inmetro), ontem, e será publicada na edição do dia 27 do Diário Oficial.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emtrologia
  • mertologia
  • metorlogia
  • metrloogia
  • metrolgoia
  • metrollogia
  • metrologai
  • metrologgia
  • metroloiga
  • metroolgia
  • metrrologia
  • mettrologia
  • mmetrologia
  • mterologia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metrologia - 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.

emtrologia2mertologia2metorlogia2metrloogia2metrolgoia2metrollogia1metrologai2metrologgia1
Edit distance from "metrologia"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "metrologia"?
"metrologia" is spelled M-E-T-R-O-L-O-G-I-A.
What does "metrologia" mean?
As a noun, "metrologia" means: ciência das medições, abrangendo todos os aspectos teóricos e práticos que asseguram a precisão exigida no processo produtivo
What words are commonly confused with "metrologia"?
"metrologia" is commonly confused with "mitologia", "meteorologia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "metrologia" come from?
"metrologia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list