pentamerous
adjective
pentamerous is spelled P-E-N-T-A-M-E-R-O-U-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pentamerous means “In five parts; made up of five parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pentamerous?
| Letters | 11: P-E-N-T-A-M-E-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th 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 pentamerous?
Pentamerous appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 does pentamerous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In five parts; made up of five parts.
The Apocynaceae have pentamerous flowers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pentamerous come from?
From penta- + -merous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).