glycemic
adjective
glycemic is spelled G-L-Y-C-E-M-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, glycemic means “Of, pertaining to or suffering from glycemia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in glycemic?
| Letters | 8: G-L-Y-C-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 55,433rd 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 glycemic?
Glycemic appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd 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 glycemic?
Glycemic 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).
Forms of glycemic
- glycaemic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glycemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USOf, pertaining to or suffering from glycemia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glycemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense glycemic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glycémique |
| Portuguese | glicémico, glicêmico |
| Spanish | glucémico, glicémico |
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 glycemic come from?
From glycemia + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).