tubocurarine
/ˌtu.boʊ.kjʊˈɹɑɹ.ɪn/noun
tubocurarine is spelled T-U-B-O-C-U-R-A-R-I-N-E: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tubocurarine means “The cation portion of tubocurarine chloride” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tubocurarine is tubocurarines.
How many letters and syllables are in tubocurarine?
| Letters | 12: T-U-B-O-C-U-R-A-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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 tubocurarine?
Tubocurarine appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 tubocurarine?
- UK /ˌtjuː.bə(ʊ)ˈkjʊə.ɹə.ɹiːn/
- US /ˌtu.boʊ.kjʊˈɹɑɹ.ɪn/
- US /ˌtu.boʊ.kjʊˈɹɑˌɹin/
Tubocurarine has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tubocurarine
- tubocurarines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tubocurarine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The cation portion of tubocurarine chloride.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tubocurarine come from?
From Latin tubus (“tube”) + curare + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).