spirometer
/spaɪˈɹɑm.ət.ɚ/noun
spirometer is spelled S-P-I-R-O-M-E-T-E-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spirometer means “An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spirometer is spirometers.
How many letters and syllables are in spirometer?
| Letters | 10: S-P-I-R-O-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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; 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 spirometer?
Spirometer appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 spirometer?
- UK /spʌɪˈɹɒm.ɪt.ə/
- US /spaɪˈɹɑm.ət.ɚ/
Spirometer has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spirometer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spirometer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spirometer 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 spirometer
- spirometers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spirometer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spirometer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense medical device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spiromètre |
| Portuguese | espirómetro, espirômetro |
| Spanish | espirómetro |
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 spirometer come from?
From Latin spīro (“to breathe”) + English -meter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).