globin
glo·bin/ˈɡloʊ.bɪn/noun
globin is spelled G-L-O-B-I-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (glo·bin). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, globin means “Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of globin is globins.
How many letters and syllables are in globin?
| Letters | 6: G-L-O-B-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: glo·bin |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 globin?
Globin appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 globin?
- UK /ˈɡləʊ.bɪn/
- US /ˈɡloʊ.bɪn/
- Australia /ˈɡləʉ.bɪn/
Globin has 2 syllables, split glo·bin in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-globin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with globin?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as globin from its last stressed vowel (/oʊbɪn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: goblin.
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 globin
- globins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does globin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
- 2
One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Globin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
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 globin come from?
Borrowed from German Globin, from Latin globus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).