cohesin
/koʊˈhisən/noun
cohesin is spelled C-O-H-E-S-I-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cohesin means “Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cohesin is cohesins.
How many letters and syllables are in cohesin?
| Letters | 7: C-O-H-E-S-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 cohesin?
Cohesin appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 cohesin?
- /koʊˈhisən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-cohesin.ogg, En-cohesin.opus, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cohesin
- cohesins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cohesin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cohesin come from?
From cohesion + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).