intercellular
adjective
intercellular is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, intercellular means “Located between, or connecting, cells” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in intercellular?
| Letters | 13: I-N-T-E-R-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th 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 intercellular?
Intercellular appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 intercellular?
Intercellular has 5 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).
What does intercellular mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Located between, or connecting, cells
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intercellular in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intercellulaire |
| German | interzellular, interzellulär |
| Spanish | intercelular |
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 intercellular come from?
From inter- + cellular.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).