meteoroid
noun
meteoroid is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-I-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, meteoroid means “A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of meteoroid is meteoroids.
How many letters and syllables are in meteoroid?
| Letters | 9: M-E-T-E-O-R-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is meteoroid?
Meteoroid appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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 meteoroid?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-meteoroid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of meteoroid
- meteoroids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meteoroid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Meteoroid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small debris in a star system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | météoroïde |
| German | Meteoroid |
| Portuguese | meteoróide |
| Spanish | meteoroide |
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 meteoroid come from?
From meteor + -oid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).