eukaryotic
adjective, noun
eukaryotic is spelled E-U-K-A-R-Y-O-T-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is eukariotic: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 42 of all searches for the word. Eukaryotic is an adjective meaning “Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei”.
How many letters and syllables are in eukaryotic?
| Letters | 10: E-U-K-A-R-Y-O-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, eukariotic, 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 eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic is spelled E-U-K-A-R-Y-O-T-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 42 of the searches for eukaryotic 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 eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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).
Forms of eukaryotic
- eucaryotic
- eukaryotics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eukaryotic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- 2
Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.
noun
- 1
Such a cell or organism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eukaryotic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having complex cells:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | eucaryote |
| Portuguese | eucariótico |
| Spanish | eucariótico |
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 eukaryotic come from?
From eukaryote + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).