venus
Ve·nus/ˈviːnəs/noun
venus is spelled V-E-N-U-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables (Ve·nus). It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, venus means “Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of venus is venuses.
How many letters and syllables are in venus?
| Letters | 5: V-E-N-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Ve·nus |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 venus?
Venus appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 venus?
- /ˈviːnəs/
Venus has 2 syllables, split Ve·nus in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Venus.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-venus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with venus
Sounds like: venous (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with venus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as venus from its last stressed vowel (/inəs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nevus.
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 venus
- venuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does venus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
noun
- 1
Sexual activity or intercourse; sex; lust, love.
- 2
Any depiction of an idealized or erotic figure of a nude woman, especially one in a mythological setting.
- 3
Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.
- 4
obsoleteCopper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does venus come from?
From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).