dimethyltryptamine
di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine/ˌdaɪmɛθəlˈtɹɪptəmiːn/noun
dimethyltryptamine is spelled D-I-M-E-T-H-Y-L-T-R-Y-P-T-A-M-I-N-E: 18 letters and 6 syllables (di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine). It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dimethyltryptamine means “An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocynaceae), and in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dimethyltryptamine is dimethyltryptamines.
How many letters and syllables are in dimethyltryptamine?
| Letters | 18: D-I-M-E-T-H-Y-L-T-R-Y-P-T-A-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 dimethyltryptamine?
Dimethyltryptamine appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 dimethyltryptamine?
- /ˌdaɪmɛθəlˈtɹɪptəmiːn/
Dimethyltryptamine has 6 syllables, split di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dimethyltryptamine.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dimethyltryptamine
- dimethyltryptamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dimethyltryptamine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocynaceae), and in mammalian brain, blood, and urine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate dimethyltryptamine?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of dimethyltryptamine: DMT.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dimethyltryptamine come from?
From dimethyl + tryptamine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).