curculio
/kɜː(ɹ)ˈkjuːliəʊ/noun
curculio is spelled C-U-R-C-U-L-I-O: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curculio means “Any of the genus Curculio of weevils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curculio is curculios.
How many letters and syllables are in curculio?
| Letters | 8: C-U-R-C-U-L-I-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 curculio?
Curculio appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 curculio?
- /kɜː(ɹ)ˈkjuːliəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-curculio.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of curculio
- curculios plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curculio mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Curculio of weevils.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does curculio come from?
Borrowed from translingual Curculio, from Latin curculiō (“weevil”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).