micrometeoroid
noun
micrometeoroid is spelled M-I-C-R-O-M-E-T-E-O-R-O-I-D: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, micrometeoroid means “an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of micrometeoroid is micrometeoroids.
How many letters and syllables are in micrometeoroid?
| Letters | 14: M-I-C-R-O-M-E-T-E-O-R-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 micrometeoroid?
Micrometeoroid appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 micrometeoroid?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-micrometeoroid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of micrometeoroid
- micrometeoroids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does micrometeoroid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Micrometeoroid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense astronomy: extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mikrometeorit |
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 micrometeoroid come from?
From micro- + meteoroid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).