diketone
/daɪˈkiːtəʊn/noun
diketone is spelled D-I-K-E-T-O-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diketone means “any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diketone is diketones.
How many letters and syllables are in diketone?
| Letters | 8: D-I-K-E-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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 diketone?
Diketone appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 diketone?
- UK /daɪˈkiːtəʊn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of diketone
- diketones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diketone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does diketone come from?
From di- + ketone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).