mitochondrial
/ˌmaɪ.təˈkɑːn.dɹi.əl/adjective
mitochondrial is spelled M-I-T-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is mitochrondrial: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 67 of all searches for the word. Mitochondrial is an adjective meaning “Of, or relating to mitochondria”.
How many letters and syllables are in mitochondrial?
| Letters | 13: M-I-T-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, mitochrondrial, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell mitochondrial?
Mitochondrial is spelled M-I-T-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 67 of the searches for mitochondrial in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is mitochondrial?
Mitochondrial appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 mitochondrial?
- US /ˌmaɪ.təˈkɑːn.dɹi.əl/
- UK /ˌmaɪ.təˈkɒn.dɹi.əl/
Mitochondrial has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mitochondrial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mitochondrial
- more mitochondrial comparative
- most mitochondrial superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mitochondrial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to mitochondria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate mitochondrial?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of mitochondrial: mt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mitochondrial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, or relating to mitochondria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mitochondrial |
| Portuguese | mitocondrial |
| Spanish | mitocondrial |
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 mitochondrial come from?
From mitochondria + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).