glycosyl
noun
glycosyl is spelled G-L-Y-C-O-S-Y-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glycosyl means “Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glycosyl is glycosyls.
How many letters and syllables are in glycosyl?
| Letters | 8: G-L-Y-C-O-S-Y-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 glycosyl?
Glycosyl appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 glycosyl?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-glycosyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glycosyl
- glycosyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glycosyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glycosyl come from?
From glycose + -yl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).