axenic
/eɪˈzɛnɪk/adjective
axenic is spelled A-X-E-N-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is anexic: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Axenic is an adjective meaning “Containing only a single species of microorganism”.
How many letters and syllables are in axenic?
| Letters | 6: A-X-E-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, anexic, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell axenic?
Axenic is spelled A-X-E-N-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for axenic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is axenic?
Axenic appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 axenic?
- /eɪˈzɛnɪk/
- /eɪˈzinɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does axenic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Containing only a single species of microorganism.
Near-synonyms: monocultural, monocultured
- 2
Isolated from organisms of any other species.
Near-synonyms: isolated, sequestered
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does axenic come from?
From a- + xenic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).