retrotransposon
noun
retrotransposon is spelled R-E-T-R-O-T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-O-N: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, retrotransposon means “A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of retrotransposon is retrotransposons.
How many letters and syllables are in retrotransposon?
| Letters | 15: R-E-T-R-O-T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th 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 retrotransposon?
Retrotransposon appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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 retrotransposon
- retrotransposons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retrotransposon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does retrotransposon come from?
From retro- + transposon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).