methylcellulose

noun

methylcellulose is spelled M-E-T-H-Y-L-C-E-L-L-U-L-O-S-E: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, methylcellulose means “A white powdery substance, obtained by the methylation of cellulose, that swells in contact with water to form a gel; it has many industrial…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of methylcellulose is methylcelluloses.

How many letters and syllables are in methylcellulose?

Letters	15: M-E-T-H-Y-L-C-E-L-L-U-L-O-S-E
In writing	about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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 methylcellulose?

Methylcellulose appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of methylcellulose

methylcelluloses plural
methyl cellulose

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

What does methylcellulose mean?

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

noun

1
A white powdery substance, obtained by the methylation of cellulose, that swells in contact with water to form a gel; it has many industrial applications.

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