glycan
/ˈɡlaɪkæn/noun
glycan is spelled G-L-Y-C-A-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glycan means “Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glycan is glycans.
How many letters and syllables are in glycan?
| Letters | 6: G-L-Y-C-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 glycan?
Glycan appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 glycan?
- /ˈɡlaɪkæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-glycan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glycan
- glycans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glycan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glycan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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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.