astrocyte
noun
astrocyte is spelled A-S-T-R-O-C-Y-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, astrocyte means “A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain, which forms the blood-brain barrier, among other functions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of astrocyte is astrocytes.
How many letters and syllables are in astrocyte?
| Letters | 9: A-S-T-R-O-C-Y-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 astrocyte?
Astrocyte appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 astrocyte?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Ashby-de-la-pooch-astrocyte.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of astrocyte
- astrocytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does astrocyte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain, which forms the blood-brain barrier, among other functions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Astrocyte in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense neuroglial cell in the shape of a star:
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 astrocyte come from?
From astro- + -cyte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).