Thermometer

/[tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,536

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Thermometer is aGermannoun. It means: Gerät, mit dem man Temperaturen bestimmt Pronounced [tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ].

Key facts for Thermometer
PropertyValue
HeadwordThermometer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,536
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Thermometer is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,536 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gerät, mit dem man Temperaturen bestimmt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thermometer, with forms such as "htermometer", "tehrmometer", and "themrometer". 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 Thermometer, spelled T-H-E-R-M-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
    Gerät, mit dem man Temperaturen bestimmt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htermometer,tehrmometer,themrometer,thermmoeter,thermmometer,thermoemter,thermomeetr,thermometerr,thermometre,thermometter,thermommeter,thermomteer,therommeter,therrmometer,thhermometer,thremometer,tthermometer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Thermometer

Misspelling Variants of "Thermometer"

htermometer11tehrmometer11themrometer11thermmoeter11thermmometer12thermoemter11thermomeetr11thermometerr12
Misspelling Variants of "Thermometer"

Frequency rank: #22,536 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thermometer"?
"Thermometer" is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-M-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ].
What does "Thermometer" mean?
As a noun, "Thermometer" means: Gerät, mit dem man Temperaturen bestimmt
What are common misspellings of "Thermometer"?
Common misspellings include "htermometer", "tehrmometer", "themrometer", "thermmoeter", "thermmometer". The correct spelling is "Thermometer".
How do you pronounce "Thermometer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thermometer" is [tɛʁmoˈmeːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thermometer" come from?
"Thermometer" 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.