butanol
noun
butanol is spelled B-U-T-A-N-O-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, butanol means “butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of butanol is butanols.
How many letters and syllables are in butanol?
| Letters | 7: B-U-T-A-N-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th 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 butanol?
Butanol appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 butanol
- butanols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does butanol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
- 2
butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
- 3
2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
- 4
1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Butanol in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense alcohol of butane:
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 butanol come from?
From butane + -ol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).