nucleolus
noun
nucleolus is spelled N-U-C-L-E-O-L-U-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nucleolus means “A conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nucleolus is nucleoli.
How many letters and syllables are in nucleolus?
| Letters | 9: N-U-C-L-E-O-L-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th 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 nucleolus?
Nucleolus appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 nucleolus?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nucleolus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nucleolus
- nucleoli plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nucleolus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nucleolus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of nucleus of a cell:
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 nucleolus come from?
From nucle(us) + Latin -olus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).