thermistor
"thermistor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thermistor” is uncommon English (frequency #96,570 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,570
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thermistor · thermistor · English
thermistor · rank #96,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,570
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH theremin
Nearest frequency peer: theremin (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “thermistor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- teres
teres
3,438 corpus weight
- terraform
terraform
3,437 corpus weight
- tessellation
tessellation
3,436 corpus weight
- theremin
theremin
3,432 corpus weight
- thermistor
thermistor
3,431 corpus weight
- thiam
thiam
3,430 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thermistor” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thermistor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thermistor” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thermistor is uncommon English at frequency #96,570 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.".
thermistor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of thermal + resistor. The correct English form is thermistor, spelled T-H-E-R-M-I-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.
Etymology
Blend of thermal + resistor.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.