magnetometer
/ˌmæɡnɪˈtɒmɪtə/
"magnetometer" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magnetometer” is uncommon English (frequency #67,614 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,614
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.
Corpus desk
Index EN-magnetometer · magnetometer · English
magnetometer · rank #67,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,614
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mafioso
Nearest frequency peer: Mafioso (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “magnetometer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- macadam
macadam
32,391 corpus weight
- Mafioso
Mafioso
32,388 corpus weight
- magnetometer
magnetometer
32,387 corpus weight
- Magnitsky
Magnitsky
32,386 corpus weight
- mahalo
mahalo
32,385 corpus weight
- Malema
Malema
32,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “magnetometer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magnetometer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmæɡnɪˈtɒmɪtə/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magnetometer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magnetometer is uncommon English at frequency #67,614 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmæɡnɪˈtɒmɪtə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for magnetometer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From magneto- + -meter. The correct English form is magnetometer, spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-O-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.
Etymology
From magneto- + -meter.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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