collagenase
noun
collagenase is spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E-N-A-S-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collagenase means “An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collagenase is collagenases.
How many letters and syllables are in collagenase?
| Letters | 11: C-O-L-L-A-G-E-N-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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 collagenase?
Collagenase appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 collagenase
- collagenases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collagenase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does collagenase come from?
From collagen + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).