gluten
/ˈɡluːtən/noun
gluten is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gluten means “Any gluey, sticky substance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gluten is glutens.
How many letters and syllables are in gluten?
| Letters | 6: G-L-U-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is gluten?
Gluten appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 gluten?
- /ˈɡluːtən/
- /ˈɡluːtn̩/
Gluten has 2 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-gluten.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gluten
- glutens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gluten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteFibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
- 2
rareAny gluey, sticky substance.
- 3
The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
- 4
A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gluten in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cereal protein:
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 gluten come from?
From Middle French gluten, borrowed from Latin glūten (“glue”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).