dimethylformamide
noun
dimethylformamide is spelled D-I-M-E-T-H-Y-L-F-O-R-M-A-M-I-D-E: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dimethylformamide means “The methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dimethylformamide is dimethylformamides.
How many letters and syllables are in dimethylformamide?
| Letters | 17: D-I-M-E-T-H-Y-L-F-O-R-M-A-M-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 dimethylformamide?
Dimethylformamide appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 dimethylformamide
- dimethylformamides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dimethylformamide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate dimethylformamide?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of dimethylformamide: DMF.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).