gear ratio
"gear-ratio" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gear ratio” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gear ratio |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gear ratio” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gear ratio is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).".
gear ratio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is gear ratio, spelled G-E-A-R- -R-A-T-I-O.
Definition
- 1The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gear ratio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-A-R- -R-A-T-I-O - 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.