oligomer
/əˈlɪ.ɡə.məɹ/noun
oligomer is spelled O-L-I-G-O-M-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oligomer means “A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oligomer is oligomers.
How many letters and syllables are in oligomer?
| Letters | 8: O-L-I-G-O-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th 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 oligomer?
Oligomer appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 oligomer?
- /əˈlɪ.ɡə.məɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Oligomer.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oligomer
- oligomers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oligomer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oligomer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer:
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 oligomer come from?
From oligo- + -mer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).