lignin
/ˈlɪɡ.nɪn/noun
lignin is spelled L-I-G-N-I-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lignin means “A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lignin is lignins.
How many letters and syllables are in lignin?
| Letters | 6: L-I-G-N-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lignin?
Lignin appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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 lignin?
- US /ˈlɪɡ.nɪn/
Lignin has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lignin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lignin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lignin (/ɪɡnɪn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lining.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lignin
- lignins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lignin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lignin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense aromatic polymer:
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 lignin come from?
From Latin lignum (“wood”) + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).