verruca
/vəˈɹuːkə/noun
verruca is a noun meaning “A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-R-U-C-A, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of verruca is verrucas or verrucae.
What does verruca mean?
noun
- 1
A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
- 2
A rounded projection or wart.
- 3
A sexine element similar to a wart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce verruca?
- UK /vəˈɹuːkə/
- UK /vɛˈɹuːkə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-verruca.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of verruca
- verrucas plural
- verrucae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is verruca?
Verruca appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
Where does verruca come from?
Borrowed from Latin verrūca. Doublet of wart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).