carboxy
noun
carboxy is spelled C-A-R-B-O-X-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carboxy means “The carboxyl group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in carboxy?
| Letters | 7: C-A-R-B-O-X-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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 carboxy?
Carboxy appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 carboxy?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-carboxy-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does carboxy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The carboxyl group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).