granulocyte
gran·u·lo·cyte/ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/noun
granulocyte is spelled G-R-A-N-U-L-O-C-Y-T-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (gran·u·lo·cyte). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, granulocyte means “Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of granulocyte is granulocytes.
How many letters and syllables are in granulocyte?
| Letters | 11: G-R-A-N-U-L-O-C-Y-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: gran·u·lo·cyte |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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 granulocyte?
Granulocyte appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 granulocyte?
- UK /ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/
- /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/
- US /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/
Granulocyte has 4 syllables, split gran·u·lo·cyte in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-granulocyte.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of granulocyte
- granulocytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does granulocyte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Granulocyte in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense blood cell:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | granulocyte |
| Portuguese | granulócito |
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 granulocyte come from?
From granule + -o- + -cyte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).