cryptococcus
/ˌkɹɪptəˈkɑkəs/noun
cryptococcus is spelled C-R-Y-P-T-O-C-O-C-C-U-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cryptococcus means “Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cryptococcus is cryptococci.
How many letters and syllables are in cryptococcus?
| Letters | 12: C-R-Y-P-T-O-C-O-C-C-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th 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 cryptococcus?
Cryptococcus appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 cryptococcus?
- UK /ˌkɹɪptə(ʊ)ˈkɒkəs/
- US /ˌkɹɪptəˈkɑkəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cryptococcus?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cryptococcus from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəs/):
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 cryptococcus
- cryptococci plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cryptococcus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate cryptococcus?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cryptococcus: crypto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cryptococcus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | criptococo |
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 cryptococcus come from?
From the genus name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).