photometer
/fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/noun, verb
photometer is spelled P-H-O-T-O-M-E-T-E-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photometer means “Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photometer is photometers.
How many letters and syllables are in photometer?
| Letters | 10: P-H-O-T-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 photometer?
Photometer appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 photometer?
- US /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/
- US /ˈfoʊtoʊˌmitɚ/
- UK /fəˈtɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
Photometer 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)-Vealhurl-photometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with photometer?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as photometer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmɪtəɹ/):
- thermometer
- kilometer
- spectrometer
- micrometer
- magnetometer
- potentiometer
- gasometer
- manometer
- sphygmomanometer
- pyrometer
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 photometer
- photometers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- photometering participle, present
- photometered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
verb
- 1
To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense measuring instrument:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | photomètre |
| German | Luminometer |
| Portuguese | fotômetro, fotómetro |
| Spanish | fotómetro |
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 photometer come from?
From photo- + -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).