diphenyl
[daɪˈfiːnaɪɫ]noun
diphenyl is spelled D-I-P-H-E-N-Y-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diphenyl means “Synonym of biphenyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diphenyl is diphenyls.
How many letters and syllables are in diphenyl?
| Letters | 8: D-I-P-H-E-N-Y-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd 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 diphenyl?
Diphenyl appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 diphenyl?
- UK [daɪˈfiːnaɪɫ]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-diphenyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of diphenyl
- diphenyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diphenyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of biphenyl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does diphenyl come from?
From di- + phenyl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).