acetylglucosamine
noun
acetylglucosamine is spelled A-C-E-T-Y-L-G-L-U-C-O-S-A-M-I-N-E: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acetylglucosamine means “An amide derivative of glucose that forms part of the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acetylglucosamine is acetylglucosamines.
How many letters and syllables are in acetylglucosamine?
| Letters | 17: A-C-E-T-Y-L-G-L-U-C-O-S-A-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 acetylglucosamine?
Acetylglucosamine appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Forms of acetylglucosamine
- acetylglucosamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acetylglucosamine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An amide derivative of glucose that forms part of the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acetylglucosamine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense amide derivative of glucose:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | acetilglucosamina |
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 acetylglucosamine come from?
Compound of acetyl + glucosamine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).