microdrive
noun
microdrive is spelled M-I-C-R-O-D-R-I-V-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microdrive means “A miniature hard disk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microdrive is microdrives.
How many letters and syllables are in microdrive?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-D-R-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th 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 microdrive?
Microdrive appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 microdrive?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-microdrive.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microdrive
- microdrives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microdrive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A miniature hard disk.
- 2
An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.
- 3
A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does microdrive come from?
From micro- + drive. In the sense of "miniature hard disk", originally a trademark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).