silene
noun
silene is spelled S-I-L-E-N-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, silene means “a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of silene is silenes.
How many letters and syllables are in silene?
| Letters | 6: S-I-L-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st 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 silene?
Silene appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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).
What rhymes with silene?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as silene.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: senile.
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 silene
- silenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does silene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond
- 2
an organosilene, a molecule containing a silicon atom doubly bonded to a carbon atom
- 3
a silicon analog of alkenes containing at least one silicon-silicon double bond.
- 4
Any of several plants of the genus Silene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Silene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of the genus Silene:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | silène |
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 silene come from?
Borrowed from Translingual Silene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).