Radiometer
[ˌʁadi̯oˈmeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Radiometer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strahlungsmessgerät, das 1874 von William Crookes erfunden wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-radiometer · Radiometer · German
Radiometer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Radiometer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʁadi̯oˈmeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Radiometer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Radiometer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʁadi̯oˈmeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Strahlungsmessgerät, das 1874 von William Crookes erfunden wurde".
Radiometer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Radiometer, spelled R-A-D-I-O-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Strahlungsmessgerät, das 1874 von William Crookes erfunden wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Radiometer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Klarheit brachten erst Bilder aus 800 Kilometern Höhe: Der Esa-Satellit Envisat stellte mit Hilfe seines Radiometers, das Schwankungen der Wassertemperatur auf drei Zehntel Grad genau messen kann, eine seltene Wandlung der Strömungsverhältnisse vor der südchilenischen Küste fest.“
„Die 22 Kanäle dieses Radiometers erfassen, wie sein Name ‚Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite‘ nahelegt, den Bereich des sichtbaren und infraroten Lichtes.“
Synonyms
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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.