sulfanilamide
noun
sulfanilamide is spelled S-U-L-F-A-N-I-L-A-M-I-D-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sulfanilamide means “Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sulfanilamide is sulfanilamides.
How many letters and syllables are in sulfanilamide?
| Letters | 13: S-U-L-F-A-N-I-L-A-M-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd 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 sulfanilamide?
Sulfanilamide appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd 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 sulfanilamide
- sulfanilamides plural
- sulphanilamide UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sulfanilamide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sulfanilamide come from?
From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).