hymenium
noun
hymenium is spelled H-Y-M-E-N-I-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hymenium means “The sporebearing surface of a fungus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hymenium is hymeniums or hymenia.
How many letters and syllables are in hymenium?
| Letters | 8: H-Y-M-E-N-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th 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 hymenium?
Hymenium appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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).
Forms of hymenium
- hymeniums plural
- hymenia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hymenium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sporebearing surface of a fungus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hymenium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spore bearing surface:
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 hymenium come from?
From ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + -ium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).