photosynthetic
adjective
photosynthetic is spelled P-H-O-T-O-S-Y-N-T-H-E-T-I-C: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, photosynthetic means “Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in photosynthetic?
| Letters | 14: P-H-O-T-O-S-Y-N-T-H-E-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 photosynthetic?
Photosynthetic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 photosynthetic?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ncalif-photosynthetic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of photosynthetic
- more photosynthetic comparative
- most photosynthetic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photosynthetic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photosynthetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to photosynthesis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | photosynthetisch |
| Spanish | fotosintético |
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 photosynthetic come from?
From photo- + synthetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).