pubis
/ˈpju.bɪs/noun
pubis is spelled P-U-B-I-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pubis means “The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pubis is pubes.
How many letters and syllables are in pubis?
| Letters | 5: P-U-B-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 pubis?
Pubis appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 pubis?
- /ˈpju.bɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pubis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pubis
- pubes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pubis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pubis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the pubic bone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pubis |
| German | Schambein, Schamknochen |
| Portuguese | púbis, osso púbico |
| Spanish | pubis, hueso del pubis |
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 pubis come from?
Genitive of Latin pubes (“the pubic hair”, collective). The noun was generalized from medical Latin os pubis, the pubic bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).