transcriptase
noun
transcriptase is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-A-S-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transcriptase means “A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transcriptase is transcriptases.
How many letters and syllables are in transcriptase?
| Letters | 13: T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 71,529th 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 transcriptase?
Transcriptase appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th 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 transcriptase?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-transcriptase.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of transcriptase
- transcriptases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transcriptase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does transcriptase come from?
From transcript + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).