hydroxylamine
noun
hydroxylamine is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-L-A-M-I-N-E: 13 letters. 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, hydroxylamine means “An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH₂OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hydroxylamine is hydroxylamines.
How many letters and syllables are in hydroxylamine?
| Letters | 13: H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-L-A-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| 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 hydroxylamine?
Hydroxylamine 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).
Forms of hydroxylamine
- hydroxylamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hydroxylamine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH₂OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis.
- 2
Any organic derivative of this compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).