microfossil
noun
microfossil is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-O-S-S-I-L: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microfossil means “A microscopic fossil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microfossil is microfossils.
How many letters and syllables are in microfossil?
| Letters | 11: M-I-C-R-O-F-O-S-S-I-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd 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 microfossil?
Microfossil appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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 microfossil?
Microfossil has 4 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).
Forms of microfossil
- microfossils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microfossil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A microscopic fossil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microfossil in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense microscopic fossil:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microfossile |
| German | Mikrofossil |
| Portuguese | microfóssil |
| Spanish | microfósil |
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 microfossil come from?
From micro- + fossil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).