odometer
/oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/noun
odometer is spelled O-D-O-M-E-T-E-R: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, odometer means “An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of odometer is odometers.
How many letters and syllables are in odometer?
| Letters | 8: O-D-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 odometer?
Odometer appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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 odometer?
- UK /əʊˈdɒmətə/
- UK /əʊˈdɒmɪtə/
- US /oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/
Odometer has 4 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-odometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with odometer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as odometer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmətəɹ/):
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 odometer
- odometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does odometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
- 2
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Odometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instrument in a vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | odomètre |
| German | Hodometer, Odometer, Kilometerzähler |
| Portuguese | odómetro, odômetro, hodómetro, hodômetro |
| Spanish | odómetro, cuentakilómetros |
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 odometer come from?
From French odomètre, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), equivalent to odo- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).