Chronometer
[kʁonoˈmeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Chronometer” is an uncommon German word, ranked #96,801 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,801
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tragbare Präzisionsuhr, die insbesondere in der Schifffahrt und Astronomie eingesetzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chronometer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁonoˈmeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chronometer” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Chronometer is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁonoˈmeːtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,801 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Chronometer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Chronometer, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1tragbare Präzisionsuhr, die insbesondere in der Schifffahrt und Astronomie eingesetzt wird
- 2tragbare Uhr
- 3Gerät zum Messen des Taktes
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Chronometer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-R-O-N-O-M-E-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kʁonoˈmeːtɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.