ethanol
/ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/noun
ethanol is spelled E-T-H-A-N-O-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ethanol means “A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ethanol is ethanols.
How many letters and syllables are in ethanol?
| Letters | 7: E-T-H-A-N-O-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ethanol?
Ethanol appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 ethanol?
- UK /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/
- US /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/
Ethanol has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ethanol.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ethanol
- ethanols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ethanol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH.
- 2
Specifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.
In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ethanol in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éthanol |
| German | Ethanol, Äthanol |
| Portuguese | etanol, álcool etílico |
| Spanish | etanol, alcohol etílico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.