sarin
/ˈsɑːɹən/noun
sarin is spelled S-A-R-I-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sarin means “The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sarin?
| Letters | 5: S-A-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 sarin?
Sarin appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 sarin?
- UK /ˈsɑːɹɪn/
- US /ˈsɑːɹən/
Sarin has 2 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)-Flame,_not_lame-sarin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sarin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sarin (/ɑɹən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rains, nasri, arnis, naris.
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).
What does sarin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sarin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense nerve gas:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sarin come from?
Named after the initials of its creators, Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), Ambros, Rüdiger and Van der Linde.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).