anemometer
/ænɪˈmɑmətɚ/noun
anemometer is spelled A-N-E-M-O-M-E-T-E-R: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anemometer means “An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anemometer is anemometers.
How many letters and syllables are in anemometer?
| Letters | 10: A-N-E-M-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th 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 anemometer?
Anemometer appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 anemometer?
- UK /ænɪˈmɒmətə/
- UK /ænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
- US /ænɪˈmɑmətɚ/
Anemometer has 5 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-anemometer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anemometer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anemometer 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 anemometer
- anemometers plural
- anemometre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anemometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anemometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anémomètre |
| German | Windmesser |
| Portuguese | anemômetro, anemómetro |
| Spanish | anemómetro |
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 anemometer come from?
From anemo- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).