plex
/-plɛks/noun
plex is spelled P-L-E-X: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plex means “A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plex is plexes.
How many letters and syllables are in plex?
| Letters | 4: P-L-E-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is plex?
Plex appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 plex?
- /-plɛks/
Plex has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame--plex.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of plex
- plexes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaA building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
- 2
A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents.
- 3
A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents.
- 4
Clipping of multiplex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).