transducer
/trænzˈdjuːsɚ/noun
transducer is spelled T-R-A-N-S-D-U-C-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transducer means “A device that converts energy from one form into another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transducer is transducers.
How many letters and syllables are in transducer?
| Letters | 10: T-R-A-N-S-D-U-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 transducer?
Transducer appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 transducer?
- UK /trænzˈdjuːsə(ɹ)/
- US /trænzˈdjuːsɚ/
Transducer has 3 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-transducer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with transducer?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as transducer from its last stressed vowel (/usəɹ/):
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 transducer
- transducers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transducer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device that converts energy from one form into another.
- 2
A state machine that generates output based on a given input.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transducer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transducteur |
| German | Wandler |
| Portuguese | transdutor |
| Spanish | transductor |
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 transducer come from?
1924, Latin trānsdūcō + -er. By surface analysis, transduce + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).