zooid
/ˈzəʊɔɪd/noun, adjective
zooid is spelled Z-O-O-I-D: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zooid means “An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zooid is zooids or zoöids.
How many letters and syllables are in zooid?
| Letters | 5: Z-O-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is zooid?
Zooid appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 zooid?
- UK /ˈzəʊɔɪd/
- UK /ˈzuːɔɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-zooid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zooid
- zooids plural
- zoöid
- more zooid comparative
- most zooid superlative
- zoöids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zooid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- 2
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- 3
One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; – sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.
adjective
- 1
Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of zooid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).