magnetron
/ˈmæɡ.nətˌtɹɒn/
"magnetron" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magnetron” is uncommon English (frequency #77,890 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,890
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens
Corpus desk
Index EN-magnetron · magnetron · English
magnetron · rank #77,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,890
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magistracy
Nearest frequency peer: magistracy (-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 “magnetron”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lyudmila
Lyudmila
22,116 corpus weight
- magistracy
magistracy
22,112 corpus weight
- magnetron
magnetron
22,111 corpus weight
- Maldivian
Maldivian
22,108 corpus weight
- Manbij
Manbij
22,107 corpus weight
- Mandurah
Mandurah
22,106 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “magnetron” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magnetron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæɡ.nətˌtɹɒn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magnetron” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magnetron is uncommon English at frequency #77,890 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæɡ.nətˌtɹɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens".
magnetron doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From magnet + -tron. The correct English form is magnetron, spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens
Etymology
From magnet + -tron.
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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