sphingomyelinase
noun
sphingomyelinase is spelled S-P-H-I-N-G-O-M-Y-E-L-I-N-A-S-E: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sphingomyelinase means “Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sphingomyelinase is sphingomyelinases.
How many letters and syllables are in sphingomyelinase?
| Letters | 16: S-P-H-I-N-G-O-M-Y-E-L-I-N-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 sphingomyelinase?
Sphingomyelinase appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 sphingomyelinase
- sphingomyelinases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sphingomyelinase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sphingomyelinase come from?
From sphingomyelin + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).