streptomycin
/ˌstɹɛp.təˈmaɪ.sn̩/noun
streptomycin is spelled S-T-R-E-P-T-O-M-Y-C-I-N. The wrong spelling people search most is streptamycin: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 44 of all searches for the word. Streptomycin is a noun meaning “An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C₂₁H₃₉N₇O₁₂ that is produced by a soil actinomycete…”.
How many letters and syllables are in streptomycin?
| Letters | 12: S-T-R-E-P-T-O-M-Y-C-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, streptamycin, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell streptomycin?
Streptomycin is spelled S-T-R-E-P-T-O-M-Y-C-I-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 44 of the searches for streptomycin in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is streptomycin?
Streptomycin appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 streptomycin?
- UK /ˌstɹɛp.tə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/
- US /ˌstɹɛp.təˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Streptomycin has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with streptomycin?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as streptomycin from its last stressed vowel (/aɪsn/):
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).
What does streptomycin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C₂₁H₃₉N₇O₁₂ that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is administered via intramuscular injection especially in the treatment of infections by gram-negative bacteria. It was the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis but is now chiefly used with other drugs because of its toxic side e
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Streptomycin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | estreptomicina |
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 streptomycin come from?
From translingual Streptomyces + -in. By surface analysis, strepto- + -mycin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).