Everyday · #904 biggest of 1,014
How big is a match?
4.5 cm
A match measures 4.5 cm. That's about 643 human-hair widths lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 4.5 cm, or about 1.77 inches.
- You'd need about 38 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
- Roughly 643 human-hair widths could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #904 by size.
Size comparison
How match stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
arrowhead
5.0 cm
toy soldier
5.0 cm
spinning top
5.0 cm
tulip bulb
5.0 cm
match
4.5 cm
smartwatch
4.5 cm
golf ball
4.3 cm
golf ball
4.3 cm
cockroach
4.0 cm
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 38 of them along the height of an average person.
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