melanosome
noun
melanosome is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-S-O-M-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melanosome means “Any organelle that contains melanin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melanosome is melanosomes.
How many letters and syllables are in melanosome?
| Letters | 10: M-E-L-A-N-O-S-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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 melanosome?
Melanosome appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Forms of melanosome
- melanosomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melanosome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any organelle that contains melanin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does melanosome come from?
From melano- + -some.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).