mollusc
/ˈmɑləsk/noun
mollusc is spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-C. The wrong spelling people search most is molusc: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 15 of all searches for the word. Mollusc is a noun meaning “A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces”. The plural of mollusc is molluscs.
How many letters and syllables are in mollusc?
| Letters | 7: M-O-L-L-U-S-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, molusc, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell mollusc?
Mollusc is spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 15 of the searches for mollusc in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is mollusc?
Mollusc appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 mollusc?
- UK /ˈmɒləsk/
- US /ˈmɑləsk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-mollusc.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mollusc
- molluscs plural
- mollusk US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mollusc mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
bivalve molluscs
- 2
A weak-willed person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mollusc in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca – see also clam, oyster, mussel:
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 mollusc come from?
Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).