kilohertz
/ˈkɪləhɜːts/noun
kilohertz is a noun meaning “A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-I-L-O-H-E-R-T-Z, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kilohertz is kilohertzes.
What does kilohertz mean?
noun
- 1
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kilohertz?
- Australia /ˈkɪləhɜːts/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kilohertz.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kilohertz
- kilohertzes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kilohertz?
Kilohertz appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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).
Kilohertz in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one thousand hertz:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | kilohertz |
| Portuguese | quilohertz |
| Spanish | kilohercio |
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 kilohertz come from?
From kilo- + hertz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).