elastin
noun
elastin is spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, elastin means “A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of elastin is elastins.
How many letters and syllables are in elastin?
| Letters | 7: E-L-A-S-T-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is elastin?
Elastin appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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).
What rhymes with elastin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as elastin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: salient, saltine, staniel.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of elastin
- elastins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elastin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Elastin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense protein with elastic properties, similar to collagen:
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 elastin come from?
From elastic + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).