tonearm
noun
tonearm is spelled T-O-N-E-A-R-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tonearm means “The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tonearm is tonearms.
How many letters and syllables are in tonearm?
| Letters | 7: T-O-N-E-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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; 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 tonearm?
Tonearm appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
What rhymes with tonearm?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tonearm.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: montera.
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 tonearm
- tonearms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tonearm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tonearm come from?
From tone + arm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).