methoxy
/mɛθˈɒksi/noun
methoxy is spelled M-E-T-H-O-X-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, methoxy means “The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of methoxy is methoxys.
How many letters and syllables are in methoxy?
| Letters | 7: M-E-T-H-O-X-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd 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 methoxy?
Methoxy appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd 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 methoxy?
- /mɛθˈɒksi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-methoxy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of methoxy
- methoxys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does methoxy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does methoxy come from?
From meth- + oxy-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).