MRI
noun, verb
MRI is spelled M-R-I: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, MRI means “Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of MRI is MRIs.
How many letters and syllables are in MRI?
| Letters | 3: M-R-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 MRI?
MRI appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 MRI?
- US
MRI 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-MRI.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of MRI
- MRIs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- MRIing participle, present
- MRIed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does MRI mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.
- 2
Ellipsis of MRI scan (“magnetic resonance imaging scan”), an MRI radiogram, an initialism of magnetic resonance image
- 3
Ellipsis of MRI machine (“magnetic resonance imaging machine”), an MRI radiograph, initialism of magnetic resonance imager.
verb
- 1
rareTo take an MRI scan of.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
MRI in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense magnetic resonance imaging – see also magnetic resonance imaging:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | MRT |
| Portuguese | IRM |
| Spanish | TRM, IRM |
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.