dihydroxyacetone
/ˌdaɪhaɪˌdrɒksiˈæsɪtoʊn/noun
dihydroxyacetone is spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-A-C-E-T-O-N-E: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dihydroxyacetone means “The compound CO(CH₂OH)₂ that has a number of industrial uses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dihydroxyacetone is dihydroxyacetones.
How many letters and syllables are in dihydroxyacetone?
| Letters | 16: D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-A-C-E-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st 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 dihydroxyacetone?
Dihydroxyacetone appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 dihydroxyacetone?
- /ˌdaɪhaɪˌdrɒksiˈæsɪtoʊn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-dihydroxyacetone.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dihydroxyacetone
- dihydroxyacetones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dihydroxyacetone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The compound CO(CH₂OH)₂ that has a number of industrial uses.
- 2
The only ketotriose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate dihydroxyacetone?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of dihydroxyacetone: DHA.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).