gelatin
/ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/noun, verb
gelatin is spelled G-E-L-A-T-I-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “gelatin vs gelatine” about 260 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, gelatin means “A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gelatin is gelatins.
How many letters and syllables are in gelatin?
| Letters | 7: G-E-L-A-T-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gelatin?
Gelatin appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 gelatin?
- /ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/
- /ˈd͡ʒɛlətiːn/
Gelatin 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). Recordings: En-us-gelatin.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gelatin
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: gelatine.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gelatin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gelatin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: genital, tagline.
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 gelatin
- gelatins plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gelatine UK
- gelatining participle, present
- gelatined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gelatin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
- 2
USAn edible jelly made from this material.
- 3
USA thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.
verb
- 1
USTo coat with gelatin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gelatin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the 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 gelatin come from?
Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).