thermomètre

/\tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,175

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

thermomètre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Instrument de mesure indiquant la température, généralement par le moyen de la dilatation ou de la condensation de gaz ou de liquides enfermés dans un tube de verre. Pronounced \tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\.

Key facts for thermomètre
PropertyValue
Headwordthermomètre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#19,175
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of thermomètre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for thermomètre is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,175 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for thermomètre, with forms such as "htermomètre", "tehrmomètre", and "themromètre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is thermomètre, spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-M-È-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument de mesure indiquant la température, généralement par le moyen de la dilatation ou de la condensation de gaz ou de liquides enfermés dans un tube de verre.
  2. 2
    Colonne du liquide dont la dilatation est utilisée pour évaluer la température.
  3. 3
    La température elle-même. Synonyme : mercure.
  4. 4
    Prise de la température.
  5. 5
    Indice, signe qui permet de déterminer, d’évaluer quelque chose. Synonyme : baromètre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htermomètre,tehrmomètre,themromètre,thermmomètre,thermmoètre,thermometre,thermommètre,thermomtère,thermomèrte,thermomèter,thermomètrre,thermomèttre,thermoèmtre,therommètre,therrmomètre,thhermomètre,thremomètre,tthermomètre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for thermomètre

Misspelling Variants of "thermomètre"

htermomètre11tehrmomètre11themromètre11thermmomètre12thermmoètre11thermometre11thermommètre12thermomtère11
Misspelling Variants of "thermomètre"

Frequency rank: #19,175 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thermomètre"?
"thermomètre" is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-M-È-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\.
What does "thermomètre" mean?
As a noun, "thermomètre" means: Instrument de mesure indiquant la température, généralement par le moyen de la dilatation ou de la condensation de gaz ou de liquides enfermés dans un tube de verre.
What are common misspellings of "thermomètre"?
Common misspellings include "htermomètre", "tehrmomètre", "themromètre", "thermmomètre", "thermmoètre". The correct spelling is "thermomètre".
How do you pronounce "thermomètre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thermomètre" is \tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thermomètre" come from?
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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.