porin
noun
porin is spelled P-O-R-I-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, porin means “Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of porin is porins.
How many letters and syllables are in porin?
| Letters | 5: P-O-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is porin?
Porin appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
What rhymes with porin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as porin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ripon, prion.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of porin
- porins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does porin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does porin come from?
From pore + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).