nosema
no·se·manoun
nosema is spelled N-O-S-E-M-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables (no·se·ma). It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nosema means “An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nosema?
| Letters | 6: N-O-S-E-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: no·se·ma |
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 nosema?
Nosema appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 nosema?
Nosema has 3 syllables, split no·se·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nosema mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
- 2
datedPébrine, a disease of silkworms, also caused by Nosema parasites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nosema come from?
From nosema disease or directly from translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”), from Latin nosema, from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ (nósēmă, “disease, sickness, plague, affliction”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).