cetane
noun
cetane is spelled C-E-T-A-N-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cetane means “The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cetane is cetanes.
How many letters and syllables are in cetane?
| Letters | 6: C-E-T-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cetane?
Cetane appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
What rhymes with cetane?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cetane.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tenace.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cetane
- cetanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cetane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cetane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense C16H34:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cétane, hexadécane |
| Spanish | cetano |
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 cetane come from?
From Latin cetus (“whale”) + -ane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).