plexus
/ˈplɛk.səs/noun
plexus is spelled P-L-E-X-U-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plexus means “A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plexus is plexuses or plexi.
How many letters and syllables are in plexus?
| Letters | 6: P-L-E-X-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plexus?
Plexus appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 plexus?
- /ˈplɛk.səs/
Plexus has 2 syllables (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: En-us-plexus.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-plexus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plexus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as plexus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: suplex.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of plexus
- plexuses plural
- plexi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plexus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- 2
An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
- 3
The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plexus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense anatomic network:
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 plexus come from?
Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).