enantiomer
/ɛˈnænti.əmər/noun
enantiomer is spelled E-N-A-N-T-I-O-M-E-R: 10 letters. 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, enantiomer means “One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of enantiomer is enantiomers.
How many letters and syllables are in enantiomer?
| Letters | 10: E-N-A-N-T-I-O-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 enantiomer?
Enantiomer 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 enantiomer?
- UK /ɛˈnænti.əmər/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-enantiomer.opus, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-enantiomer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with enantiomer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as enantiomer (/æntiəməɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: renominate.
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 enantiomer
- enantiomers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enantiomer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enantiomer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | énantiomère |
| German | Enantiomer |
| Portuguese | enantiómero, enantiômero |
| Spanish | enantiómero |
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 enantiomer come from?
From enantio- + -mer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).