methylglyoxal
noun
methylglyoxal is spelled M-E-T-H-Y-L-G-L-Y-O-X-A-L: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, methylglyoxal means “The aldehyde form of pyruvic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in methylglyoxal?
| Letters | 13: M-E-T-H-Y-L-G-L-Y-O-X-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th 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 methylglyoxal?
Methylglyoxal appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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).
What does methylglyoxal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate methylglyoxal?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of methylglyoxal: MGO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does methylglyoxal come from?
From methyl + glyoxal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).