galactosamine
noun
galactosamine is spelled G-A-L-A-C-T-O-S-A-M-I-N-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, galactosamine means “an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of galactosamine is galactosamines.
How many letters and syllables are in galactosamine?
| Letters | 13: G-A-L-A-C-T-O-S-A-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is galactosamine?
Galactosamine appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 galactosamine?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-galactosamine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of galactosamine
- galactosamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does galactosamine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does galactosamine come from?
From galactose + -amine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).