acridine
/ˈækɹɪdiːn/noun
acridine is spelled A-C-R-I-D-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acridine means “A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acridine is acridines.
How many letters and syllables are in acridine?
| Letters | 8: A-C-R-I-D-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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 acridine?
Acridine appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 acridine?
- /ˈækɹɪdiːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-acridine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acridine
- acridines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acridine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
- 2
Any of many derivatives of this compound
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acridine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tricyclic aromatic heterocycle obtained from coal tar:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acridina |
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.