carbamoyl
car·bam·o·yl/kɑɹˈbæm.oʊ̯ˌɪl/noun
carbamoyl is spelled C-A-R-B-A-M-O-Y-L: 9 letters and 4 syllables (car·bam·o·yl). It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carbamoyl means “The univalent radical organic group NH₂CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carbamoyl is carbamoyls.
How many letters and syllables are in carbamoyl?
| Letters | 9: C-A-R-B-A-M-O-Y-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: car·bam·o·yl |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 carbamoyl?
Carbamoyl appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 carbamoyl?
- UK /kɑːˈbam.əʊ̯ˌɪl/
- UK /kɑːˈbæm.əʊ̯ˌɪl/
- US /kɑɹˈbæm.oʊ̯ˌɪl/
Carbamoyl has 4 syllables, split car·bam·o·yl in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-carbamoyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of carbamoyl
- carbamoyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carbamoyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The univalent radical organic group NH₂CO- derived from urea by loss of an amino group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carbamoyl come from?
From carbam(ic acid) + -oyl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).