dihydrofolate
noun
dihydrofolate is spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-F-O-L-A-T-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dihydrofolate means “Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dihydrofolate is dihydrofolates.
How many letters and syllables are in dihydrofolate?
| Letters | 13: D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-F-O-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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 dihydrofolate?
Dihydrofolate appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
Forms of dihydrofolate
- dihydrofolates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dihydrofolate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dihydrofolate come from?
From dihydrofolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).