ictus
/ˈɪktəs/noun
ictus is spelled I-C-T-U-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ictus means “The pulse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ictus is ictuses or ictusses.
How many letters and syllables are in ictus?
| Letters | 5: I-C-T-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ictus?
Ictus appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 ictus?
- UK /ˈɪktəs/
- UK /ˈɪktuːs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ictus.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ictus2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ictus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ictus (/ɪktəs/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cutis.
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 ictus
- ictuses plural
- ictusses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ictus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The pulse.
- 2
A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
- 3
The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
- 4
In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.
noun
- 1
rareplural of ictus
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ictūs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ictus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense stroke:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | ictus |
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 ictus come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“to hit, strike”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).