biosis
/baɪˈoʊsɪs/noun
biosis is spelled B-I-O-S-I-S: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, biosis means “Life; vitality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in biosis?
| Letters | 6: B-I-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 biosis?
Biosis appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 biosis?
- UK /baɪˈəʊsɪs/
- UK /biˈəʊsɪs/
- US /baɪˈoʊsɪs/
Biosis has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with biosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as biosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
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).
What does biosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedLife; vitality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Biosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | -biose |
| Spanish | -biosis |
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 biosis come from?
From New Latin, using Ancient Greek roots; related to symbiosis and -biosis (which see).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).