mucormycosis
/mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/noun
mucormycosis is spelled M-U-C-O-R-M-Y-C-O-S-I-S: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mucormycosis means “Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mucormycosis is mucormycoses.
How many letters and syllables are in mucormycosis?
| Letters | 12: M-U-C-O-R-M-Y-C-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th 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; 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 mucormycosis?
Mucormycosis appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 mucormycosis?
- US /mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/
Mucormycosis has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with mucormycosis?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mucormycosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsəs/):
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 mucormycosis
- mucormycoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mucormycosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mucormycosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fungal infection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mucormycose |
| Spanish | mucormicosis |
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 mucormycosis come from?
From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).