asparaginase
noun
asparaginase is spelled A-S-P-A-R-A-G-I-N-A-S-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, asparaginase means “An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of asparaginase is asparaginases.
How many letters and syllables are in asparaginase?
| Letters | 12: A-S-P-A-R-A-G-I-N-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 asparaginase?
Asparaginase appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 asparaginase
- asparaginases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does asparaginase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Asparaginase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | asparaginase |
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 asparaginase come from?
From asparagine + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).