acetophenone
noun
acetophenone is spelled A-C-E-T-O-P-H-E-N-O-N-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acetophenone means “The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acetophenone is acetophenones.
How many letters and syllables are in acetophenone?
| Letters | 12: A-C-E-T-O-P-H-E-N-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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 acetophenone?
Acetophenone appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 acetophenone
- acetophenones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acetophenone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acetophenone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an aromatic ketone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acetofenona |
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.