phycoerythrin
/ˌfaɪkəʊ.iˈɹɪθɹɪn/noun
phycoerythrin is spelled P-H-Y-C-O-E-R-Y-T-H-R-I-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phycoerythrin means “A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phycoerythrin is phycoerythrins.
How many letters and syllables are in phycoerythrin?
| Letters | 13: P-H-Y-C-O-E-R-Y-T-H-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 phycoerythrin?
Phycoerythrin appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 phycoerythrin?
- /ˌfaɪkəʊ.iˈɹɪθɹɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of phycoerythrin
- phycoerythrins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phycoerythrin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phycoerythrin come from?
From phyco- + erythr- + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).