polysaccharide
noun
polysaccharide is spelled P-O-L-Y-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E: 14 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polysaccharide means “A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polysaccharide is polysaccharides.
How many letters and syllables are in polysaccharide?
| Letters | 14: P-O-L-Y-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 polysaccharide?
Polysaccharide appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 polysaccharide?
Polysaccharide has 5 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-polysaccharide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of polysaccharide
- polysaccharides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polysaccharide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
Meronym: saccharide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polysaccharide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense complex carbohydrate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polysaccharide |
| German | Polysaccharid |
| Portuguese | polissacarídeo |
| Spanish | polisacárido |
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 polysaccharide come from?
From poly- + saccharide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).