phalloplasty
noun
phalloplasty is spelled P-H-A-L-L-O-P-L-A-S-T-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phalloplasty means “Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phalloplasty is phalloplasties.
How many letters and syllables are in phalloplasty?
| Letters | 12: P-H-A-L-L-O-P-L-A-S-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 phalloplasty?
Phalloplasty appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 phalloplasty?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-phalloplasty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phalloplasty
- phalloplasties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phalloplasty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.
- 2
nonstandardPlastic surgery to enlarge the penis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate phalloplasty?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of phalloplasty: phallo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phalloplasty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | phalloplastie |
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 phalloplasty come from?
From phallo- + -plasty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).