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monoceros

/məˈnɒsəɹəs/obsolete

monoceros is spelled M-O-N-O-C-E-R-O-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monoceros means “A unicorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monoceros is monoceroses.

How many letters and syllables are in monoceros?

Letters9: M-O-N-O-C-E-R-O-S
In writingabout once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 monoceros?

Monoceros appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 monoceros?

  • /məˈnɒsəɹəs/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does monoceros mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA unicorn.

  2. 2

    obsoleteA narwhal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does monoceros come from?

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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