carboxylate
/kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/noun, verb
carboxylate is spelled C-A-R-B-O-X-Y-L-A-T-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carboxylate means “Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carboxylate is carboxylates.
How many letters and syllables are in carboxylate?
| Letters | 11: C-A-R-B-O-X-Y-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 87,317th 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 carboxylate?
Carboxylate appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th 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 carboxylate?
- US /kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-carboxylate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of carboxylate
- carboxylates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- carboxylating participle, present
- carboxylated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carboxylate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
- 1
To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
- 2
To react with a carboxylic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carboxylate come from?
From carboxylic acid + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).