acetoacetate
noun
acetoacetate is spelled A-C-E-T-O-A-C-E-T-A-T-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acetoacetate means “Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acetoacetate is acetoacetates.
How many letters and syllables are in acetoacetate?
| Letters | 12: A-C-E-T-O-A-C-E-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 acetoacetate?
Acetoacetate appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 acetoacetate
- acetoacetates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acetoacetate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acetoacetate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acetoacetato |
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 acetoacetate come from?
From aceto- + acetate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).