microplate
mi·cro·plate/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌpleɪt/noun
microplate is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-T-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables (mi·cro·plate). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microplate means “A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microplate is microplates.
How many letters and syllables are in microplate?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-P-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: mi·cro·plate |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th 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 microplate?
Microplate appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 microplate?
- /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌpleɪt/
Microplate has 3 syllables, split mi·cro·plate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of microplate
- microplates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microplate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes.
- 2
A relatively small tectonic plate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does microplate come from?
From micro- + plate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).