evapotranspiration
/ɪˌvæpəʊˌtɹænspɪˈɹeɪʃn̩/
"evapotranspiration" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evapotranspiration” is an uncommon English word, ranked #92,589 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,589
- frequency rank, English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | evapotranspiration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˌvæpəʊˌtɹænspɪˈɹeɪʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #92,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “evapotranspiration” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for evapotranspiration is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˌvæpəʊˌtɹænspɪˈɹeɪʃn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,589 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.".
Zero misspellings are on record for evapotranspiration in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of evapo(ration) + transpiration. The correct English form is evapotranspiration, spelled E-V-A-P-O-T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.
Etymology
Blend of evapo(ration) + transpiration.
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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- The one correct English spelling is E-V-A-P-O-T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N - 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.