nucleotidase
noun
nucleotidase is spelled N-U-C-L-E-O-T-I-D-A-S-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nucleotidase means “Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nucleotidase is nucleotidases.
How many letters and syllables are in nucleotidase?
| Letters | 12: N-U-C-L-E-O-T-I-D-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th 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 nucleotidase?
Nucleotidase appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 nucleotidase
- nucleotidases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nucleotidase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nucleotidase come from?
From nucleotide + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).