ergometer
/ɝːˈɡɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/noun
ergometer is spelled E-R-G-O-M-E-T-E-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ergometer means “A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ergometer is ergometers.
How many letters and syllables are in ergometer?
| Letters | 9: E-R-G-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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; 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 ergometer?
Ergometer appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 ergometer?
- US /ɝːˈɡɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/
Ergometer has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-ergometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ergometer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ergometer 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 ergometer
- ergometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ergometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscles
- 2
A rowing machine or ergocycle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate ergometer?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of ergometer: ergo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ergometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dynamometer used for muscles:
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 ergometer come from?
From ergo- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).