uterus
u·ter·us/ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/noun
uterus is spelled U-T-E-R-U-S: 6 letters and 3 syllables (u·ter·us). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, uterus means “A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of uterus is uteri or uteruses.
How many letters and syllables are in uterus?
| Letters | 6: U-T-E-R-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: u·ter·us |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 uterus?
Uterus appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 uterus?
- /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
Uterus has 3 syllables, split u·ter·us in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-uterus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with uterus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as uterus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: suture.
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 uterus
- uteri plural
- uteruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uterus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
- 2
A similar part in some non-mammals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uterus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and dev:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | útero |
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 uterus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).