siemens
/ˈsiːmənz/noun
siemens is spelled S-I-E-M-E-N-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, siemens means “In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in siemens?
| Letters | 7: S-I-E-M-E-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 siemens?
Siemens appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 siemens?
- /ˈsiːmənz/
Siemens has 2 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-siemens.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with siemens?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as siemens.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nemesis.
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).
What does siemens mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
Near-synonyms: mho, ℧
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Siemens in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense derived unit of electrical conductance:
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 siemens come from?
Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).