progestin
noun
progestin is spelled P-R-O-G-E-S-T-I-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, progestin means “A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of progestin is progestins.
How many letters and syllables are in progestin?
| Letters | 9: P-R-O-G-E-S-T-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 progestin?
Progestin appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 progestin?
- General-American
Progestin has 3 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)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-progestin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with progestin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as progestin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reposting, postering.
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 progestin
- progestins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does progestin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).