amoxicillin
/əˌmak.sɪˈsɪlːɪn/noun
amoxicillin is spelled A-M-O-X-I-C-I-L-L-I-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amoxicillin means “A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic with the formula C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S, closely related to ampicillin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amoxicillin is amoxicillins.
How many letters and syllables are in amoxicillin?
| Letters | 11: A-M-O-X-I-C-I-L-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 amoxicillin?
Amoxicillin appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th 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 amoxicillin?
- UK /əˌmɒk.sɪˈsɪl.ɪn/
- US /əˌmak.sɪˈsɪlːɪn/
Amoxicillin has 5 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).
What rhymes with amoxicillin?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amoxicillin from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪn/):
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 amoxicillin
- amoxicillins plural
- amoxycillin UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amoxicillin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic with the formula C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S, closely related to ampicillin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate amoxicillin?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of amoxicillin: amoxi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amoxicillin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense antibiotic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amoxicilline |
| Portuguese | amoxicilina |
| Spanish | amoxicilina |
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.