mellophone
noun
mellophone is spelled M-E-L-L-O-P-H-O-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mellophone means “A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mellophone is mellophones.
How many letters and syllables are in mellophone?
| Letters | 10: M-E-L-L-O-P-H-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 mellophone?
Mellophone appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 mellophone
- mellophones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mellophone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate mellophone?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of mellophone: mello.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mellophone come from?
Apparently from mellow + -phone, although compare melo-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).