dihydroxy
adjective
dihydroxy is spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dihydroxy means “Containing two hydroxy functional groups” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dihydroxy?
| Letters | 9: D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th 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 dihydroxy?
Dihydroxy appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 dihydroxy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dihydroxy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does dihydroxy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Containing two hydroxy functional groups.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dihydroxy come from?
From di- + hydroxy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).