megahertz
noun
megahertz is spelled M-E-G-A-H-E-R-T-Z: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megahertz means “A unit equal to one million cycles per second” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megahertz is megahertzes.
How many letters and syllables are in megahertz?
| Letters | 9: M-E-G-A-H-E-R-T-Z |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is megahertz?
Megahertz appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 megahertz?
Megahertz has 3 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).
Forms of megahertz
- megahertzes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megahertz mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit equal to one million cycles per second.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate megahertz?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of megahertz: meg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megahertz in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one million cycles per second:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | megahertz |
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 megahertz come from?
From mega- + hertz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).