geoid
ge·oid/ˈd͡ʒiˌɔɪd/noun
geoid is spelled G-E-O-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ge·oid). It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, geoid means “The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of geoid is geoids.
How many letters and syllables are in geoid?
| Letters | 5: G-E-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ge·oid |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 geoid?
Geoid appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 geoid?
- UK /ˈdʒiːɔɪd/
- US /ˈd͡ʒiˌɔɪd/
Geoid has 2 syllables, split ge·oid in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-geoid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with geoid?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as geoid (/iɔɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: diego, dogie.
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 geoid
- geoids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does geoid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Geoid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation:
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 geoid come from?
From German Geoid (“geoid”), analysable as geo- + -oid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).