culex
/ˈkjuː.lɛks/noun
culex is spelled C-U-L-E-X: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, culex means “Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of culex is culices.
How many letters and syllables are in culex?
| Letters | 5: C-U-L-E-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 culex?
Culex appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 culex?
- /ˈkjuː.lɛks/
Culex 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-culex.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of culex
- culices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does culex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does culex come from?
Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).