orthophosphate
noun
orthophosphate is spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, orthophosphate means “Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of orthophosphate is orthophosphates.
How many letters and syllables are in orthophosphate?
| Letters | 14: O-R-T-H-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 orthophosphate?
Orthophosphate appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 orthophosphate
- orthophosphates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does orthophosphate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does orthophosphate come from?
From ortho- + phosphate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).