gasometer
gas·om·e·ter/ɡæˈsɑmɪtɚ/noun
gasometer is spelled G-A-S-O-M-E-T-E-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables (gas·om·e·ter). It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gasometer means “An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gasometer is gasometers.
How many letters and syllables are in gasometer?
| Letters | 9: G-A-S-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: gas·om·e·ter |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 gasometer?
Gasometer appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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 gasometer?
- US /ɡæˈsɑmɪtɚ/
- UK /ɡæˈsɒmɪtə/
Gasometer has 4 syllables, split gas·om·e·ter in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gasometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gasometer?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gasometer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmɪtəɹ/):
- thermometer
- kilometer
- spectrometer
- micrometer
- magnetometer
- potentiometer
- photometer
- manometer
- sphygmomanometer
- pyrometer
Spelled with the same letters in another order: megastore.
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 gasometer
- gasometers plural
- gasometre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gasometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting.
- 2
A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gasometer come from?
From French gazomètre, corresponding to gaso- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).