organochlorine
noun, adjective
organochlorine is spelled O-R-G-A-N-O-C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, organochlorine means “Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of organochlorine is organochlorines.
How many letters and syllables are in organochlorine?
| Letters | 14: O-R-G-A-N-O-C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 organochlorine?
Organochlorine appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Forms of organochlorine
- organochlorines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does organochlorine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc.
adjective
- 1
containing chlorine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Organochlorine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chlorine substituted organic compound:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | organochloré |
| Portuguese | organoclorado |
| Spanish | organoclorado |
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 organochlorine come from?
From organo- + chlorine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).