monosaccharide
/mɒn.əʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/noun
monosaccharide is spelled M-O-N-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E: 14 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monosaccharide means “A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monosaccharide is monosaccharides.
How many letters and syllables are in monosaccharide?
| Letters | 14: M-O-N-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is monosaccharide?
Monosaccharide appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 monosaccharide?
- UK /mɒn.əʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
Monosaccharide 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)-Tesco250-monosaccharide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with monosaccharide?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as monosaccharide from its last stressed vowel (/ækəɹaɪd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of monosaccharide
- monosaccharides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does monosaccharide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Monosaccharide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense simple sugar composed of a single ring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | monosaccharide, ose |
| German | Monosaccharid |
| Portuguese | monossacarídeo, monossacarídio |
| Spanish | monosacárido |
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 monosaccharide come from?
From mono- + saccharide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).