amino
/əˈminoʊ/adjective, noun
amino is spelled A-M-I-N-O: 5 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, amino means “Relating to an amine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amino?
| Letters | 5: A-M-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amino?
Amino appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 amino?
- UK /əˈmiːnəʊ/
- UK /əˈmaɪnəʊ/
- US /əˈminoʊ/
Amino has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-amino.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-amino-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amino?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amino from its last stressed vowel (/inoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nomia.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amino
- aminos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to an amine.
noun
- 1
The amine functional group.
- 2
An amino acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amino in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 amino come from?
From the prefix amino-, from amine, from ammonia + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).