CRISPR
/ˈkrɪspər/noun, verb
CRISPR is spelled C-R-I-S-P-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, CRISPR means “Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of CRISPR is CRISPRs or Crisprs.
How many letters and syllables are in CRISPR?
| Letters | 6: C-R-I-S-P-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th 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 CRISPR?
CRISPR appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 CRISPR?
- /ˈkrɪspər/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-CRISPR.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of CRISPR
- CRISPRs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- Crispr
- CRISPRing participle, present
- CRISPRed participle, past
- Crisprs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does CRISPR mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.
- 2
The CRISPR/Cas9 system, which functions to provide immunity to bacteria and archaea by finding a section of DNA and replacing it with an alternative.
- 3
Any technique or process or system for editing genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
verb
- 1
informalTo edit genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of CRISPR.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does CRISPR come from?
Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).