convolvulus
noun
convolvulus is spelled C-O-N-V-O-L-V-U-L-U-S. The wrong spelling people search most is convulvulus: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Convolvulus is a noun meaning “Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped…”. The plural of convolvulus is convolvuluses or convolvuli.
How many letters and syllables are in convolvulus?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-V-O-L-V-U-L-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, convulvulus, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell convolvulus?
Convolvulus is spelled C-O-N-V-O-L-V-U-L-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for convolvulus in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is convolvulus?
Convolvulus appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Forms of convolvulus
- convolvuluses plural
- convolvuli plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does convolvulus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
In this painting he uses the lovers for his narrative and makes his symbolic points with the convolvulus, signifying entanglements, climbing up the steps.
- 2
A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Convolvulus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plants of the genus Convolvulus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | convolvulus |
| Portuguese | convólvulo |
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 convolvulus come from?
From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).