amylose
noun
amylose is spelled A-M-Y-L-O-S-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amylose means “The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amylose is amyloses.
How many letters and syllables are in amylose?
| Letters | 7: A-M-Y-L-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 amylose?
Amylose appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 amylose
- amyloses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amylose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amylose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soluble form of starch:
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 amylose come from?
From amyl- + -ose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).