accelerometer
/ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/noun
accelerometer is spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-O-M-E-T-E-R: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accelerometer means “An instrument for measuring acceleration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accelerometer is accelerometers.
How many letters and syllables are in accelerometer?
| Letters | 13: A-C-C-E-L-E-R-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is accelerometer?
Accelerometer appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce accelerometer?
- US /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
- US [ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]
- US /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
Accelerometer has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-accelerometer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with accelerometer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as accelerometer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmətəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of accelerometer
- accelerometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accelerometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instrument for measuring acceleration.
- 2
An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
Near-synonym: vibrometer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accelerometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instrument for measuring acceleration:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | accéléromètre |
| German | Beschleunigungssensor, Beschleunigungsmesser |
| Portuguese | acelerómetro, acelerômetro |
| Spanish | acelerómetro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.