melanocyte
noun
melanocyte is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-C-Y-T-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melanocyte means “A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melanocyte is melanocytes.
How many letters and syllables are in melanocyte?
| Letters | 10: M-E-L-A-N-O-C-Y-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 melanocyte?
Melanocyte appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 melanocyte?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-melanocyte.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of melanocyte
- melanocytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melanocyte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Melanocyte in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pigment cell:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mélanocyte |
| German | Melanozyt |
| Portuguese | melanócito |
| Spanish | melanocito |
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 melanocyte come from?
From melano- + -cyte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).