soybean
/ˈsɔɪˌbin/noun
soybean is spelled S-O-Y-B-E-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “soya bean vs soybean” about 390 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, soybean means “A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soybean is soybeans.
How many letters and syllables are in soybean?
| Letters | 7: S-O-Y-B-E-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is soybean?
Soybean appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 soybean?
- US /ˈsɔɪˌbin/
Soybean 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)-Vealhurl-soybean.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with soybean
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: soy bean (one word or two), soya bean.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of soybean
- soybeans plural
- soya bean UK
- soyabean UK
- soy bean
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soybean mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
- 2
The edible seed of this plant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soybean in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 soybean come from?
From soy + bean.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).