prolyl
/ˈpɹoʊ.lɪl/noun
prolyl is spelled P-R-O-L-Y-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prolyl means “The univalent radical derived from proline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prolyl is prolyls.
How many letters and syllables are in prolyl?
| Letters | 6: P-R-O-L-Y-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th 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 prolyl?
Prolyl appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 prolyl?
- US /ˈpɹoʊ.lɪl/
- US /ˈpɹoʊ.ləl/
- UK /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪl/
Prolyl has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-prolyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with prolyl?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as prolyl (/oʊlɪl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prolly.
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 prolyl
- prolyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prolyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The univalent radical derived from proline.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).