catenin
ca·te·nin/ˈka.tɪ.nɪn/noun
catenin is spelled C-A-T-E-N-I-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ca·te·nin). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, catenin means “Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of catenin is catenins.
How many letters and syllables are in catenin?
| Letters | 7: C-A-T-E-N-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ca·te·nin |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th 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 catenin?
Catenin appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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 catenin?
- UK /ˈka.tɪ.nɪn/
- UK /kəˈtiː.nɪn/
- UK /ˈkæ.tɪ.nɪn/
Catenin has 3 syllables, split ca·te·nin in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with catenin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as catenin (/atɪnɪn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ancient.
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 catenin
- catenins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does catenin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Catenin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense proteins that have a role in cell adhesion:
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 catenin come from?
From Latin catēn|a, ~ae (“chain (series of interconnected rings or links)”) + English -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).