abducens
/abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/noun
abducens is spelled A-B-D-U-C-E-N-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abducens means “Ellipsis of abducens nerve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abducens is abducentes.
How many letters and syllables are in abducens?
| Letters | 8: A-B-D-U-C-E-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is abducens?
Abducens appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 abducens?
- UK /abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/
- UK /abˈd͡ʒuː.sn̩z/
- UK /abˈdjuː.sənz/
Abducens has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-abducens.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abducens
- abducentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abducens mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).