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isopropyl

noun

isopropyl is spelled I-S-O-P-R-O-P-Y-L: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, isopropyl means “The univalent organic radical (CH₃)₂CH-” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of isopropyl is isopropyls.

How many letters and syllables are in isopropyl?

Letters9: I-S-O-P-R-O-P-Y-L
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 isopropyl?

Isopropyl appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 isopropyl?

  • US
  • UK

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-isopropyl.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-isopropyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of isopropyl

  • isopropyls plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does isopropyl mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The univalent organic radical (CH₃)₂CH-.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate isopropyl?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of isopropyl: iPr.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does isopropyl come from?

From iso- + propyl.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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