prosthesis
/pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/noun
prosthesis is spelled P-R-O-S-T-H-E-S-I-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prosthesis means “An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prosthesis is prostheses.
How many letters and syllables are in prosthesis?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-S-T-H-E-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th 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 prosthesis?
Prosthesis appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 prosthesis?
- /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/
- /ˈpɹɒsθəsɪs/
Prosthesis has 3 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-prosthesis.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prosthesis
- prostheses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prosthesis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
- 2
Prothesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prosthesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense artificial replacement for a body part:
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 prosthesis come from?
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -esis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).