suture
su·ture/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/noun, verb
suture is spelled S-U-T-U-R-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (su·ture). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, suture means “A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suture is sutures.
How many letters and syllables are in suture?
| Letters | 6: S-U-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: su·ture |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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 suture?
Suture appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 suture?
- /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/
- [ˈs(j)ʊu̯.tʃə]
- /ˈs(j)uː.tjʊə/
Suture has 2 syllables, split su·ture in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-suture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with suture?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as suture.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: uterus.
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 suture
- sutures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- suturing participle, present
- sutured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- 2
Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- 3
An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- 4
A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- 5
A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
- 6
The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
- 7
The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.
verb
- 1
To sew up or join by means of a suture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Suture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suture , suturer |
| German | Naht, Wundnaht , nähen , Faden , Knochennaht, Sutur |
| Portuguese | sutura, ponto |
| Spanish | sutura , suturar |
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 suture come from?
From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).