anaerobe
/ˈænəˌɹoʊb/noun
anaerobe is spelled A-N-A-E-R-O-B-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anaerobe means “An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anaerobe is anaerobes.
How many letters and syllables are in anaerobe?
| Letters | 8: A-N-A-E-R-O-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is anaerobe?
Anaerobe appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 anaerobe?
- US /ˈænəˌɹoʊb/
Anaerobe 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)-Wodencafe-anaerobe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anaerobe
- anaerobes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anaerobe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anaerobe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense anaerobic organism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | anaeróbio |
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 anaerobe come from?
From French anaérobie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).