dystrophin
noun
dystrophin is spelled D-Y-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dystrophin means “A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dystrophin is dystrophins.
How many letters and syllables are in dystrophin?
| Letters | 10: D-Y-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dystrophin?
Dystrophin appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 dystrophin?
Dystrophin has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dystrophin
- dystrophins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dystrophin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dystrophin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dystrophine |
| German | Dystrophin |
| Spanish | distrofina |
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.
Where does dystrophin come from?
From dystrophy + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).