guaiacol
noun
guaiacol is spelled G-U-A-I-A-C-O-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guaiacol means “A naturally occurring methoxy phenol, having certain medicinal applications” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guaiacol is guaiacols.
How many letters and syllables are in guaiacol?
| Letters | 8: G-U-A-I-A-C-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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 guaiacol?
Guaiacol appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 guaiacol
- guaiacols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guaiacol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A naturally occurring methoxy phenol, having certain medicinal applications
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does guaiacol come from?
From guaiacum + -ol, from the name of a substance from which it can be derived.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).