phenylketonuria
phe·nyl·ke·ton·uria/fɛnəlkitəˈnʊɹi.ə/noun
phenylketonuria is spelled P-H-E-N-Y-L-K-E-T-O-N-U-R-I-A: 15 letters and 5 syllables (phe·nyl·ke·ton·uria). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phenylketonuria means “A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phenylketonuria is phenylketonurias.
How many letters and syllables are in phenylketonuria?
| Letters | 15: P-H-E-N-Y-L-K-E-T-O-N-U-R-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: phe·nyl·ke·ton·uria |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th 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 phenylketonuria?
Phenylketonuria appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 phenylketonuria?
- UK /fɛnaɪ̯lkiːtəˈnjʊə̯ɹɪ.ə/
- UK /fin-/
- US /fɛnəlkitəˈnʊɹi.ə/
Phenylketonuria has 5 syllables, split phe·nyl·ke·ton·uria in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-phenylketonuria.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phenylketonuria?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phenylketonuria from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹiə/):
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 phenylketonuria
- phenylketonurias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phenylketonuria mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate phenylketonuria?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of phenylketonuria: PKU.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phenylketonuria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense metabolic disorder:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | phénylcétonurie |
| Portuguese | fenilcetonúria |
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 phenylketonuria come from?
From phenylketone + -uria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).