microbicide
noun
microbicide is spelled M-I-C-R-O-B-I-C-I-D-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microbicide means “Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microbicide is microbicides.
How many letters and syllables are in microbicide?
| Letters | 11: M-I-C-R-O-B-I-C-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 microbicide?
Microbicide appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 microbicide
- microbicides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microbicide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microbicide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense substance that is harmful to microorganisms:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microbicide |
| Spanish | microbicida |
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 microbicide come from?
From microbe + -cide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).