dehydrocholesterol
[diːhaɪdɹəˌkəˈlɛstəɹɒɫ]noun
dehydrocholesterol is spelled D-E-H-Y-D-R-O-C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L: 18 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dehydrocholesterol means “A sterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, found in the skin, that, on exposure to light, is converted into vitamin D” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dehydrocholesterol is dehydrocholesterols.
How many letters and syllables are in dehydrocholesterol?
| Letters | 18: D-E-H-Y-D-R-O-C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th 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 dehydrocholesterol?
Dehydrocholesterol appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 dehydrocholesterol?
- UK [diːhaɪdɹəˌkəˈlɛstəɹɒɫ]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dehydrocholesterol
- dehydrocholesterols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dehydrocholesterol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, found in the skin, that, on exposure to light, is converted into vitamin D
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dehydrocholesterol come from?
From dehydro- + cholesterol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).