mucosa
/mjuˈkoʊzə/noun
mucosa is spelled M-U-C-O-S-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mucosa means “Synonym of mucous membrane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mucosa is mucosae or mucosas.
How many letters and syllables are in mucosa?
| Letters | 6: M-U-C-O-S-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 mucosa?
Mucosa appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 mucosa?
- UK /mjuːˈkəʊzə/
- UK /mjuːˈkəʊsə/
- US /mjuˈkoʊzə/
Mucosa 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-mucosa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mucosa
- mucosae plural
- mucosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mucosa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of mucous membrane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).