microarray
noun
microarray is spelled M-I-C-R-O-A-R-R-A-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microarray means “Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microarray is microarrays.
How many letters and syllables are in microarray?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-A-R-R-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 microarray?
Microarray appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 microarray
- microarrays plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microarray mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microarray in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | micromatrice, microréseau |
| Portuguese | microarray, micromatriz, microarranjo |
| Spanish | micromatriz, microarreglo |
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 microarray come from?
From micro- + array.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).