butyllithium
noun
butyllithium is spelled B-U-T-Y-L-L-I-T-H-I-U-M: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, butyllithium means “Any of three isomeric organolithium reagents used in chemical synthesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of butyllithium is butyllithiums.
How many letters and syllables are in butyllithium?
| Letters | 12: B-U-T-Y-L-L-I-T-H-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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 butyllithium?
Butyllithium appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 butyllithium
- butyllithiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does butyllithium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of three isomeric organolithium reagents used in chemical synthesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does butyllithium come from?
From butyl + lithium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).