methicillin
/ˌmɛθ.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/noun
methicillin is spelled M-E-T-H-I-C-I-L-L-I-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, methicillin means “Alternative spelling of meticillin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of methicillin is methicillins.
How many letters and syllables are in methicillin?
| Letters | 11: M-E-T-H-I-C-I-L-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th 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 methicillin?
Methicillin appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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 methicillin?
- /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of methicillin
- methicillins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does methicillin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of meticillin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).