sitosterol
noun
sitosterol is spelled S-I-T-O-S-T-E-R-O-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sitosterol means “Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sitosterol is sitosterols.
How many letters and syllables are in sitosterol?
| Letters | 10: S-I-T-O-S-T-E-R-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 sitosterol?
Sitosterol appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 sitosterol
- sitosterols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sitosterol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sitosterol come from?
From sito- + sterol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).