Barometer

/[baʁoˈmeːtɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,463

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Barometer is aGermannoun. It means: Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Luftdrucks Pronounced [baʁoˈmeːtɐ].

Key facts for Barometer
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarometer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baʁoˈmeːtɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,463
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Barometer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Barometer is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baʁoˈmeːtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,463 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Luftdrucks".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barometer, with forms such as "abrometer", "baormeter", and "barmoeter". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Barometer, spelled B-A-R-O-M-E-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Luftdrucks

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrometer,baormeter,barmoeter,baroemter,baromeetr,barometerr,barometre,barometter,barommeter,baromteer,barrometer,bbarometer,braometer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Barometer

Misspelling Variants of "Barometer"

abrometer9baormeter9barmoeter9baroemter9baromeetr9barometerr10barometre9barometter10
Misspelling Variants of "Barometer"

Frequency rank: #30,463 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barometer"?
"Barometer" is spelled B-A-R-O-M-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [baʁoˈmeːtɐ].
What does "Barometer" mean?
As a noun, "Barometer" means: Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Luftdrucks
What are common misspellings of "Barometer"?
Common misspellings include "abrometer", "baormeter", "barmoeter", "baroemter", "baromeetr". The correct spelling is "Barometer".
How do you pronounce "Barometer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barometer" is [baʁoˈmeːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barometer" come from?
"Barometer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.