altimeter
/ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/noun
altimeter is spelled A-L-T-I-M-E-T-E-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, altimeter means “An apparatus for measuring altitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of altimeter is altimeters.
How many letters and syllables are in altimeter?
| Letters | 9: A-L-T-I-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd 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 altimeter?
Altimeter appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 altimeter?
- US /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/
Altimeter has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-altimeter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with altimeter?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as altimeter from its last stressed vowel (/ɪmɪtəɹ/):
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 altimeter
- altimeters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does altimeter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An apparatus for measuring altitude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Altimeter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an apparatus for measuring altitude:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | altimètre |
| German | Höhenmesser, Altimeter |
| Portuguese | altímetro |
| Spanish | altímetro |
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.
Where does altimeter come from?
Coined based on Latin altus (“high”) + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).