magnet
/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/noun
magnet is spelled M-A-G-N-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “magnate vs magnet” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, magnet means “A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of magnet is magnets.
How many letters and syllables are in magnet?
| Letters | 6: M-A-G-N-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is magnet?
Magnet appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 magnet?
- US /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/
- US /ˈmæɡ.nət/
- US [ˈmæɡ.nət̚]
Magnet has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-magnet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with magnet
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of magnet
- magnets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does magnet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- 2
informalAn alluring or attractive person or thing.
He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.
- 3
Ellipsis of magnet link.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate magnet?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of magnet: mag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Magnet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aimant , magnéto- |
| German | Magnet |
| Portuguese | ímã, íman , magneto- |
| Spanish | imán , magneto- |
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 magnet come from?
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).