methylcytosine
noun
methylcytosine is spelled M-E-T-H-Y-L-C-Y-T-O-S-I-N-E: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, methylcytosine means “Any methyl derivative of cytosine, but especially 5-methylcytosine formed by methylation of DNA” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of methylcytosine is methylcytosines.
How many letters and syllables are in methylcytosine?
| Letters | 14: M-E-T-H-Y-L-C-Y-T-O-S-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th 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 methylcytosine?
Methylcytosine appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 methylcytosine
- methylcytosines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does methylcytosine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any methyl derivative of cytosine, but especially 5-methylcytosine formed by methylation of DNA
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does methylcytosine come from?
From methyl + cytosine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).