spinous
/ˈspaɪnəs/adjective
spinous is spelled S-P-I-N-O-U-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spinous means “Having many spines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spinous?
| Letters | 7: S-P-I-N-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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; 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 spinous?
Spinous appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 spinous?
- /ˈspaɪnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spinous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spinous?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spinous.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: poussin.
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 spinous
- more spinous comparative
- most spinous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spinous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having many spines.
- 2
Spine-like; spiny.
- 3
obsoleteOf a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.
- 4
rareOf a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.
- 5
Having a sharp projection.
the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spinous come from?
From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).