cerumen
/səˈɹuːmɛn/noun
cerumen is spelled C-E-R-U-M-E-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cerumen means “Earwax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cerumen?
| Letters | 7: C-E-R-U-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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 cerumen?
Cerumen appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 cerumen?
- /səˈɹuːmɛn/
- /səˈɹuːmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cerumen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does cerumen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Earwax.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cerumen come from?
From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).