phosgene
/ˈfɒzd͡ʒiːn/noun
phosgene is spelled P-H-O-S-G-E-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phosgene means “carbonyl chloride” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phosgene is phosgenes.
How many letters and syllables are in phosgene?
| Letters | 8: P-H-O-S-G-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th 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 phosgene?
Phosgene appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 phosgene?
- UK /ˈfɒsd͡ʒɪn/
- US /ˈfɒzd͡ʒiːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phosgene.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phosgene
- phosgenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phosgene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
carbonyl chloride
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phosgene come from?
From Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + -gene, due to its first synthesis involving sunlight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).