polymerase
noun
polymerase is spelled P-O-L-Y-M-E-R-A-S-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polymerase means “Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polymerase is polymerases.
How many letters and syllables are in polymerase?
| Letters | 10: P-O-L-Y-M-E-R-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polymerase?
Polymerase appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 polymerase?
- Canada
Polymerase has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-polymerase.opus, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of polymerase
- polymerases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polymerase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polymerase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polymérase |
| German | Polymerase |
| Portuguese | polimerase |
| Spanish | polimerasa |
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.