notum
noun
notum is spelled N-O-T-U-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, notum means “The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of notum is nota.
How many letters and syllables are in notum?
| Letters | 5: N-O-T-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th 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 notum?
Notum appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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).
What rhymes with notum?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as notum.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mount.
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 notum
- nota plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does notum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does notum come from?
From Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).