piperine
noun
piperine is spelled P-I-P-E-R-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, piperine means “The alkaloid responsible for the pungency of black pepper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of piperine is piperines.
How many letters and syllables are in piperine?
| Letters | 8: P-I-P-E-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 piperine?
Piperine appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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).
Forms of piperine
- piperines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does piperine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The alkaloid responsible for the pungency of black pepper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Piperine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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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.