cuticular
adjective
cuticular is spelled C-U-T-I-C-U-L-A-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cuticular means “Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (skin next to a nail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cuticular?
| Letters | 9: C-U-T-I-C-U-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 cuticular?
Cuticular appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 cuticular?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-cuticular.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does cuticular mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (skin next to a nail).
- 2
Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (epidermis).
Near-synonym: cutaneous
- 3
Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (outer layer of arthropod tissue).
- 4
Of, pertaining to, or being a cuticle (outer layer of plant tissue).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cuticular in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the cuticle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cuticulaire |
| Portuguese | cuticular |
| Spanish | cuticular |
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 cuticular come from?
From cuticula + -ar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).