sporophyte
noun
sporophyte is spelled S-P-O-R-O-P-H-Y-T-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sporophyte means “A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sporophyte is sporophytes.
How many letters and syllables are in sporophyte?
| Letters | 10: S-P-O-R-O-P-H-Y-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is sporophyte?
Sporophyte appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 sporophyte?
Sporophyte 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-sporophyte.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sporophyte
- sporophytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sporophyte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sporophyte in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sporophyte |
| German | Sporophyt |
| Portuguese | esporófito |
| Spanish | esporófito |
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 sporophyte come from?
From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).