pyrophosphatase
noun
pyrophosphatase is spelled P-Y-R-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-A-S-E: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pyrophosphatase means “An acid anhydride hydrolase that acts upon diphosphate bonds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pyrophosphatase is pyrophosphatases.
How many letters and syllables are in pyrophosphatase?
| Letters | 15: P-Y-R-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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 pyrophosphatase?
Pyrophosphatase appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 pyrophosphatase
- pyrophosphatases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pyrophosphatase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An acid anhydride hydrolase that acts upon diphosphate bonds
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pyrophosphatase come from?
From pyrophosphate + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).