megaton
/ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/noun
megaton is spelled M-E-G-A-T-O-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megaton means “A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megaton is megatons.
How many letters and syllables are in megaton?
| Letters | 7: M-E-G-A-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is megaton?
Megaton appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th 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 megaton?
- US /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/
Megaton 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-megaton.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with megaton?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as megaton (/ɛɡətʌn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: montage, magneto.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of megaton
- megatons plural
- megatonne
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megaton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
- 2
One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
- 3
One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
- 4
One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
Holonym: gigaton
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megaton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of measure:
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 megaton come from?
From mega- + ton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).