otoplasty
noun
otoplasty is spelled O-T-O-P-L-A-S-T-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, otoplasty means “A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of otoplasty is otoplasties.
How many letters and syllables are in otoplasty?
| Letters | 9: O-T-O-P-L-A-S-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd 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 otoplasty?
Otoplasty appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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).
Forms of otoplasty
- otoplasties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does otoplasty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does otoplasty come from?
Formed as oto- + -plasty, after the German Otoplastik; compare the earlier otoplastic and the French otoplastie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).