denosumab
/dɛnˈoʊ.səˌmæb/noun
denosumab is spelled D-E-N-O-S-U-M-A-B. The wrong spelling people search most is denasumab: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 556 of all searches for the word. Denosumab is a noun meaning “A drug (trademarks Prolia and Xgera) that is a genetically engineered monoclonal antibody that reduces bone…”.
How many letters and syllables are in denosumab?
| Letters | 9: D-E-N-O-S-U-M-A-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, denasumab, about 10 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 denosumab?
Denosumab is spelled D-E-N-O-S-U-M-A-B. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 563 of the searches for denosumab 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 denosumab?
Denosumab appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 denosumab?
- UK /dɪˈnɒs.jʊ.mab/
- US /dɛnˈoʊ.səˌmæb/
- US /dəˈnɑs.jəˌmæb/
Denosumab has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does denosumab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A drug (trademarks Prolia and Xgera) that is a genetically engineered monoclonal antibody that reduces bone resorption and increases bone mass by inhibiting osteoclast formation and function and that is administered by injection to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis and malignant tumors of bone and to treat hypercalcemia associated with various cancers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does denosumab come from?
From arbitrary prefix den- + -os- (“bone”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).