benzyl
/ˈbɛnzɪl/noun
benzyl is spelled B-E-N-Z-Y-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, benzyl means “The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH₂- related to toluene and benzoic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of benzyl is benzyls.
How many letters and syllables are in benzyl?
| Letters | 6: B-E-N-Z-Y-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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 benzyl?
Benzyl appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 benzyl?
- /ˈbɛnzɪl/
- /ˈbɛnzaɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-benzyl.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-benzyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of benzyl
- benzyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does benzyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH₂- related to toluene and benzoic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate benzyl?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of benzyl: Bn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Benzyl in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical compound:
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.