allylic
/əˈlɪlɪk/adjective
allylic is spelled A-L-L-Y-L-I-C: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, allylic means “Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂-” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in allylic?
| Letters | 7: A-L-L-Y-L-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th 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 allylic?
Allylic appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 allylic?
- /əˈlɪlɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-allylic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does allylic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Allylic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense containing an allyl group:
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 allylic come from?
From allyl + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).