bathymetric

adj

"bathymetric" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bathymetric” is uncommon English (frequency #91,274 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,274
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bathymetric · bathymetric · English

bathymetric · rank #91,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,274
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Batesville

Nearest frequency peer: Batesville (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “bathymetric”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “bathymetric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bathymetric
PropertyValue
Headwordbathymetric
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#91,274
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bathymetric” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).bathymetricfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Batesville” (#91,273), “Battersby” (#91,276), “basketry” (#91,271). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bathymetric” is #91,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bathymetric is uncommon English at frequency #91,274 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.".

bathymetric has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bathy- + -metric. The correct English form is bathymetric, spelled B-A-T-H-Y-M-E-T-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.

Etymology

From bathy- + -metric.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bathymetric"?
"bathymetric" is spelled B-A-T-H-Y-M-E-T-R-I-C.
What does "bathymetric" mean?
As an adjective, "bathymetric" means: Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
What is the origin of the word "bathymetric"?
From bathy- + -metric. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bathymetric", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list