microplastic
noun, adjective
microplastic is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microplastic means “Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microplastic is microplastics.
How many letters and syllables are in microplastic?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 microplastic?
Microplastic appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 microplastic?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-microplastic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microplastic
- microplastics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microplastic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.
adjective
- 1
Exhibiting microplasticity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microplastic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small particles of plastic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microplastique |
| German | Mikroplastik |
| Portuguese | microplástico |
| Spanish | microplástico |
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 microplastic come from?
From micro- + plastic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).