oligosaccharide
/ɒl.ɪ.ɡəʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/noun
oligosaccharide is spelled O-L-I-G-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E: 15 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oligosaccharide means “A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oligosaccharide is oligosaccharides.
How many letters and syllables are in oligosaccharide?
| Letters | 15: O-L-I-G-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th 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; 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 oligosaccharide?
Oligosaccharide appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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 oligosaccharide?
- UK /ɒl.ɪ.ɡəʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
Oligosaccharide has 6 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-oligosaccharide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oligosaccharide?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oligosaccharide 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 oligosaccharide
- oligosaccharides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oligosaccharide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oligosaccharide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense polysaccharide of low molecular weight:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oligosaccharide, oligoholoside, oligoside |
| Spanish | oligosacárido |
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 oligosaccharide come from?
From oligo- + saccharide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).