coccus
[ˈkʰɑkəs]noun
coccus is spelled C-O-C-C-U-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coccus means “Any approximately spherical bacterium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coccus is cocci.
How many letters and syllables are in coccus?
| Letters | 6: C-O-C-C-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is coccus?
Coccus appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 coccus?
- /ˈkɒ.kəs/
- US [ˈkʰɑkəs]
Coccus has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coccus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coccus
- cocci plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coccus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any approximately spherical bacterium.
- 2
One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coccus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 coccus come from?
From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).