polynucleotide
noun
polynucleotide is spelled P-O-L-Y-N-U-C-L-E-O-T-I-D-E: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polynucleotide means “A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polynucleotide is polynucleotides.
How many letters and syllables are in polynucleotide?
| Letters | 14: P-O-L-Y-N-U-C-L-E-O-T-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 polynucleotide?
Polynucleotide appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 polynucleotide
- polynucleotides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polynucleotide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does polynucleotide come from?
From poly- + nucleotide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).