tetracycline
/ˌtɛ.tɹəˈsaɪ.kliːn/noun
tetracycline is spelled T-E-T-R-A-C-Y-C-L-I-N-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tetracycline means “A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tetracycline is tetracyclines.
How many letters and syllables are in tetracycline?
| Letters | 12: T-E-T-R-A-C-Y-C-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd 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 tetracycline?
Tetracycline appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 tetracycline?
- /ˌtɛ.tɹəˈsaɪ.kliːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tetracycline
- tetracyclines plural
- tet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tetracycline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically.
- 2
Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tetracycline?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tetracycline: tet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tetracycline in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense antibiotic produced by bacteria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tétracycline |
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.