microcephaly
/ˌmaɪkɹoʊˈsɛfəli/noun
microcephaly is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-E-P-H-A-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microcephaly means “A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microcephaly is microcephalies.
How many letters and syllables are in microcephaly?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-C-E-P-H-A-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th 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 microcephaly?
Microcephaly appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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 microcephaly?
- US /ˌmaɪkɹoʊˈsɛfəli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-microcephaly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microcephaly
- microcephalies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microcephaly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microcephaly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense neurological disorder:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microcéphalie |
| Portuguese | microcefalia |
| Spanish | microcefalia |
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 microcephaly come from?
From micro- + -cephaly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).