vestibulocochlear
/vɛˌstɪb.jəl.oʊˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/adjective
vestibulocochlear is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea in the inner ear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-S-T-I-B-U-L-O-C-O-C-H-L-E-A-R and has 7 syllables, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vestibulocochlear mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea in the inner ear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vestibulocochlear?
- UK /vɛˌstɪb.jʊl.əʊˈkɒk.li.ə/
- US /vɛˌstɪb.jəl.oʊˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/
- US /vɛˌstɪb.jəl.oʊˈkɑk.li.ɚ/
Vestibulocochlear has 7 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vestibulocochlear?
Vestibulocochlear appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).
Vestibulocochlear in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the vestibule and the cochlea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | vestibulococlear |
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 vestibulocochlear come from?
From vestibulo- + cochlear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).