pentachlorophenol
noun
pentachlorophenol is spelled P-E-N-T-A-C-H-L-O-R-O-P-H-E-N-O-L: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pentachlorophenol means “A fully chlorinated derivative of phenol that is used as a fungicide and wood preservative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pentachlorophenol is pentachlorophenols.
How many letters and syllables are in pentachlorophenol?
| Letters | 17: P-E-N-T-A-C-H-L-O-R-O-P-H-E-N-O-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 pentachlorophenol?
Pentachlorophenol appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 pentachlorophenol
- pentachlorophenols plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pentachlorophenol mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fully chlorinated derivative of phenol that is used as a fungicide and wood preservative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate pentachlorophenol?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of pentachlorophenol: PCP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pentachlorophenol come from?
From penta- + chloro- + phenol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).