phosphine
/ˈfɒsfiːn/noun
phosphine is spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-I-N-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phosphine means “A toxic gas, chemical formula PH₃” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phosphine is phosphines.
How many letters and syllables are in phosphine?
| Letters | 9: P-H-O-S-P-H-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th 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 phosphine?
Phosphine appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th 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 phosphine?
- /ˈfɒsfiːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phosphine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phosphine
- phosphines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phosphine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A toxic gas, chemical formula PH₃.
- 2
Any alkyl or aryl derivative of this compound, PR₃ (where at least one R is not H),
- 3
Chrysaniline, often in the form of a salt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phosphine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense PH3:
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.