altimeter
/ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/
"altimeter" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“altimeter” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,997 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,997
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An apparatus for measuring altitude.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | altimeter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “altimeter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for altimeter is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,997 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An apparatus for measuring altitude.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for altimeter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined based on Latin altus (“high”) + -meter. The correct English form is altimeter, spelled A-L-T-I-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1An apparatus for measuring altitude.
Etymology
Coined based on Latin altus (“high”) + -meter.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “altimeter”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-L-T-I-M-E-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.