electronegative
adjective
electronegative is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-E-G-A-T-I-V-E: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, electronegative means “having a negative electric charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in electronegative?
| Letters | 15: E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-E-G-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 electronegative?
Electronegative appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 electronegative?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-electronegative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does electronegative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
having a negative electric charge
- 2
tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does electronegative come from?
From electro- + negative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).