demyelinating
de·my·e·lin·at·ing/diːˈmaɪ(j)əlɪneɪtɪŋ/adjective, verb
demyelinating is spelled D-E-M-Y-E-L-I-N-A-T-I-N-G, 6 syllables: de·my·e·lin·at·ing. The wrong spelling people search most is demylinating: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 13 of all searches for the word. Demyelinating is an adjective meaning “That promotes, or undergoes demyelination”.
How many letters and syllables are in demyelinating?
| Letters | 13: D-E-M-Y-E-L-I-N-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: de·my·e·lin·at·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, demylinating, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell demyelinating?
Demyelinating is spelled D-E-M-Y-E-L-I-N-A-T-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 14 of the searches for demyelinating in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is demyelinating?
Demyelinating appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 demyelinating?
- UK /diːˈmaɪ(j)əlɪneɪtɪŋ/
Demyelinating has 6 syllables, split de·my·e·lin·at·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does demyelinating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That promotes, or undergoes demyelination
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of demyelinate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Demyelinating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | demyelinisierend |
| Portuguese | desmielinizante |
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.