nitrogen
ni·tro·gen/ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/noun
nitrogen is spelled N-I-T-R-O-G-E-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ni·tro·gen). It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nitrogen means “The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nitrogen is nitrogens.
How many letters and syllables are in nitrogen?
| Letters | 8: N-I-T-R-O-G-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ni·tro·gen |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nitrogen?
Nitrogen appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 nitrogen?
- /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
- [ˈnɐɪ.t͡ʃʰɹə.d͡ʒən]
- Canada /ˈnʌɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
Nitrogen has 3 syllables, split ni·tro·gen in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-nitrogen.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-nitrogen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nitrogen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nitrogen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ringtone.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nitrogen
- nitrogens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nitrogen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense)
- 2
Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
- 3
A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nitrogen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | azote |
| German | Stickstoff |
| Portuguese | azoto, nitrogênio, nitrogénio |
| Spanish | nitrógeno |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nitrogen come from?
Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).