incus
/ˈɪŋ.kəs/noun
incus is spelled I-N-C-U-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incus means “A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incus is incudes.
How many letters and syllables are in incus?
| Letters | 5: I-N-C-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th 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; 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 incus?
Incus appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 incus?
- US /ˈɪŋ.kəs/
Incus has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with incus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as incus from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋkəs/):
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 incus
- incudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
- 2
An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does incus come from?
Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).