malleolus
/məˈliː.əl.əs/noun
malleolus is spelled M-A-L-L-E-O-L-U-S: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malleolus means “The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malleolus is malleoli or malleoluses.
How many letters and syllables are in malleolus?
| Letters | 9: M-A-L-L-E-O-L-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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 malleolus?
Malleolus appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 malleolus?
- UK /maˈliː.əl.əs/
- US /məˈliː.əl.əs/
Malleolus has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-malleolus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with malleolus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as malleolus from its last stressed vowel (/iələs/):
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 malleolus
- malleoli plural
- malleoluses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malleolus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Malleolus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | malléole |
| German | Fußknöchel |
| Spanish | maléolo |
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 malleolus come from?
Borrowed from Latin malleolus (“a small hammer or mallet”); itself from malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) + -olus (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).