esophagus
/ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/noun
esophagus is spelled E-S-O-P-H-A-G-U-S: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, esophagus means “Alternative spelling of oesophagus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of esophagus is esophagi.
How many letters and syllables are in esophagus?
| Letters | 9: E-S-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 esophagus?
Esophagus appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 esophagus?
- US /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/
- US /əˈsɑfəɡəs/
Esophagus has 4 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)-Vininn126-esophagus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with esophagus?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as esophagus from its last stressed vowel (/ɑfəɡəs/):
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 esophagus
- esophagi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does esophagus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAlternative spelling of oesophagus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).