murex
/ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/noun
murex is spelled M-U-R-E-X: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, murex means “Any member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of murex is murexes or murices.
How many letters and syllables are in murex?
| Letters | 5: M-U-R-E-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 murex?
Murex appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 murex?
- US /ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/
Murex has 2 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 murex?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as murex (/ʊəɹɛks/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rumex.
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 murex
- murexes plural
- murices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does murex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Murex in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sea snail of the genus Murex:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | murex |
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 murex come from?
Borrowed from Latin murex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).