module
/ˈmɑd͡ʒul/noun
module is spelled M-O-D-U-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, module means “A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of module is modules.
How many letters and syllables are in module?
| Letters | 6: M-O-D-U-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 module?
Module appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 module?
- /ˈmɒdjuːl/
- /ˈmɒd͡ʒuːl/
- US /ˈmɑd͡ʒul/
Module 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-module.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with module?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as module from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdʒul/):
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 module
- modules plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does module mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
- 2
A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
- 3
A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
- 4
A unit of education covering a single topic.
Which modules are you studying next year?
- 5
A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
- 6
An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.
- 7
A fractal element.
- 8
A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker.
I composed a number of techno and rave modules back in the 1990s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Module in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense self-contained component of a system:
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 module come from?
Borrowed from French module, from Latin modulus (“a small measure, a measure, mode, meter”), diminutive of modus (“measure”) (whence mode). Doublet of modulus and mold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).