babirusa
/ˌbæbəˈɹuːsə/noun
babirusa is spelled B-A-B-I-R-U-S-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, babirusa means “Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of babirusa is babirusas.
How many letters and syllables are in babirusa?
| Letters | 8: B-A-B-I-R-U-S-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th 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; 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 babirusa?
Babirusa appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 babirusa?
- US /ˌbæbəˈɹuːsə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-babirusa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with babirusa?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as babirusa from its last stressed vowel (/usə/):
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 babirusa
- babirusas plural
- babirussa
- babiroussa
- babyroussa
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does babirusa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Babirusa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a member of the genus Babyrousa:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | babiroussa |
| German | Hirscheber, Babirusa, männlicher Hirscheber, weiblicher Hirscheber |
| Portuguese | babirussa |
| Spanish | babirusa |
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 babirusa come from?
From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).