alveus
/ˈæl.vi.əs/noun
alveus is spelled A-L-V-E-U-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alveus means “The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alveus is alvei.
How many letters and syllables are in alveus?
| Letters | 6: A-L-V-E-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th 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 alveus?
Alveus appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 alveus?
- /ˈæl.vi.əs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with alveus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as alveus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: values.
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 alveus
- alvei plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alveus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareThe bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.
- 2
A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alveus come from?
Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).