influx
/ˈɪnˌflʌks/noun
influx is spelled I-N-F-L-U-X: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, influx means “A flow inward or into something; a coming in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of influx is influxes.
How many letters and syllables are in influx?
| Letters | 6: I-N-F-L-U-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is influx?
Influx appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 influx?
- /ˈɪnˌflʌks/
Influx has 2 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)-Vealhurl-influx.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of influx
- influxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does influx mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.
- 2
That which flows or comes in.
- 3
obsoleteinfluence; power.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Influx in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inward flow:
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 influx come from?
From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).