foetus
noun
foetus is spelled F-O-E-T-U-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fetus vs foetus” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, foetus means “Alternative spelling of fetus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foetus is foetuses; Wiktionary also lists foeti (hypercorrect).
How many letters and syllables are in foetus?
| Letters | 6: F-O-E-T-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is foetus?
Foetus appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 foetus?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-foetus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with foetus
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: fetus.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of foetus
- foetuses plural
- foeti hypercorrect, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foetus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthAlternative spelling of fetus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).