cyclin

noun

"cyclin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cyclin” is uncommon English (frequency #58,627 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,627
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase

Corpus desk

Index EN-cyclin · cyclin · English

cyclin · rank #58,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,627
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cutty

Nearest frequency peer: cutty (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “cyclin”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “cyclin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cyclin
PropertyValue
Headwordcyclin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,627
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cyclin” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).cyclinfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “cutty” (#58,626), “cutback” (#58,625), “curbside” (#58,624). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cyclin” is #58,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cyclin is uncommon English at frequency #58,627 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cyclin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From cycle + -in. The correct English form is cyclin, spelled C-Y-C-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase

Etymology

From cycle + -in.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cyclin"?
"cyclin" is spelled C-Y-C-L-I-N.
What does "cyclin" mean?
As a noun, "cyclin" means: Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase
What is the origin of the word "cyclin"?
From cycle + -in. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list