immunoglobulin
noun
immunoglobulin is spelled I-M-M-U-N-O-G-L-O-B-U-L-I-N: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, immunoglobulin means “Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of immunoglobulin is immunoglobulins.
How many letters and syllables are in immunoglobulin?
| Letters | 14: I-M-M-U-N-O-G-L-O-B-U-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th 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 immunoglobulin?
Immunoglobulin appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 immunoglobulin?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Hewsos-immunoglobulin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of immunoglobulin
- immunoglobulins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immunoglobulin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immunoglobulin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense glycoprotein protecting the host:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immunoglobuline |
| German | Immunglobulin |
| Portuguese | imunoglobulina |
| Spanish | inmunoglobulina |
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.