acellular
adjective
acellular is spelled A-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, acellular means “Not composed of cells; not cellular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in acellular?
| Letters | 9: A-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 acellular?
Acellular appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 acellular?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-acellular.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does acellular mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not composed of cells; not cellular
Acellular background is that which is still present when the cells are removed from the microscope.
- 2
Especially of protists: consisting of only one complex cell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acellular in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not composed of cells:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acellulaire |
| Portuguese | acelular |
| Spanish | acelular |
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 acellular come from?
From a- + cellular.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).