nitroso
/naɪˈtɹəʊsəʊ/noun
nitroso is spelled N-I-T-R-O-S-O: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nitroso means “The univalent radical and functional group -N=O” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nitroso?
| Letters | 7: N-I-T-R-O-S-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd 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 nitroso?
Nitroso appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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 nitroso?
- /naɪˈtɹəʊsəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nitroso.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nitroso?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nitroso.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: torsion.
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).
What does nitroso mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The univalent radical and functional group -N=O
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nitroso come from?
Ultimately from Latin nitrōsus. Doublet of nitrous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).