modulus
/ˈmɑdʒələs/noun
modulus is spelled M-O-D-U-L-U-S: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, modulus means “The base with respect to which a congruence is computed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of modulus is moduli.
How many letters and syllables are in modulus?
| Letters | 7: M-O-D-U-L-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 modulus?
Modulus appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 modulus?
- UK /ˈmɒdjʊləs/
- UK /-dʒʊ-/
- US /ˈmɑdʒələs/
Modulus has 3 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)-Wodencafe-modulus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of modulus
- moduli plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does modulus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
- 2
The absolute value of a complex number.
- 3
A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.
- 4
A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.
- 5
An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Modulus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 modulus come from?
Learned borrowing from French module as Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).