pennywort
noun
pennywort is spelled P-E-N-N-Y-W-O-R-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pennywort means “Any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pennywort is pennyworts.
How many letters and syllables are in pennywort?
| Letters | 9: P-E-N-N-Y-W-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th 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 pennywort?
Pennywort appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 pennywort?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pennywort.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pennywort
- pennyworts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pennywort mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
- 2
An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- 3
Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
- 4
such as edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata).
- 5
Anemone hepatica.
- 6
Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- 7
Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
- 8
Any member of the species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pennywort come from?
From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).