toxin
/ˈtɑksɪn/noun
toxin is spelled T-O-X-I-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, toxin means “A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of toxin is toxins.
How many letters and syllables are in toxin?
| Letters | 5: T-O-X-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is toxin?
Toxin appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 toxin?
- UK /ˈtɒksɪn/
- US /ˈtɑksɪn/
Toxin 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)-Vininn126-toxin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with toxin
Sounds like: tocsin (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with toxin?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as toxin from its last stressed vowel (/ɑksɪn/):
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).
Forms of toxin
- toxins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toxin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
- 2
proscribedSynonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Toxin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a toxic or poisonous substance:
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 toxin come from?
From Latin toxicum, equivalent to toxi- + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).