arrestin
noun
arrestin is spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-I-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arrestin means “Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arrestin is arrestins.
How many letters and syllables are in arrestin?
| Letters | 8: A-R-R-E-S-T-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arrestin?
Arrestin appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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).
What rhymes with arrestin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arrestin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: restrain, strainer.
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 arrestin
- arrestins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arrestin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arrestin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | arrestina |
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 arrestin come from?
From arrest + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).