Spektrometer

[ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ]

/[ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spektrometer” is uncommon German (frequency #93,622 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,622
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - optisches Gerät zur Ausmessung von Spektren

Corpus desk

Index DE-spektrometer · Spektrometer · German

Spektrometer · rank #93,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,622
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Speiseöl

Nearest frequency peer: Speiseöl (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spektrometer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spektrometer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spektrometer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpektrometer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spektrometer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Spektrometerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Speiseöl“ (#93,621), „Speeren“ (#93,620), „spezialisiertes“ (#93,624). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spektrometer“ bei #93,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spektrometer is uncommon German at frequency #93,622 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "optisches Gerät zur Ausmessung von Spektren".

Zero misspellings are on record for Spektrometer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Spektrometer, spelled S-P-E-K-T-R-O-M-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    optisches Gerät zur Ausmessung von Spektren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Marsmobil hatte auch ein Spektrometer mit an Bord.
  2. „Und natürlich war das Spektrometer zuvor auseinandergenommen und in Methanol gebadet worden.“

This word in other languages

spectrometer(English)espectrómetro(Español)spectromètre(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spektrometer"?
"Spektrometer" is spelled S-P-E-K-T-R-O-M-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ].
What does "Spektrometer" mean?
As a noun, "Spektrometer" means: optisches Gerät zur Ausmessung von Spektren
How do you pronounce "Spektrometer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spektrometer" is [ʃpɛktʁoˈmeːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spektrometer" come from?
"Spektrometer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sonderformen#93,612Staatskirche#93,637slowenischer#93,606Sichtkontakt#93,591

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list