symbiogenesis
noun
symbiogenesis is spelled S-Y-M-B-I-O-G-E-N-E-S-I-S: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, symbiogenesis means “The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of symbiogenesis is symbiogeneses.
How many letters and syllables are in symbiogenesis?
| Letters | 13: S-Y-M-B-I-O-G-E-N-E-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd 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 symbiogenesis?
Symbiogenesis appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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 symbiogenesis
- symbiogeneses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does symbiogenesis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Symbiogenesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense merging of organisms to form a new organism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Symbiogenese |
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 symbiogenesis come from?
From sym- + bio- + -genesis. Coined in German by the Russian lichenologist Konstantin Mereschkowski, in a 1910 paper entitled "Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Entstehung der Organismen."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).