polyphosphate
noun
polyphosphate is spelled P-O-L-Y-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polyphosphate means “any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polyphosphate is polyphosphates.
How many letters and syllables are in polyphosphate?
| Letters | 13: P-O-L-Y-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 polyphosphate?
Polyphosphate appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 polyphosphate?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-polyphosphate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of polyphosphate
- polyphosphates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polyphosphate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used in water softening and as food additives
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polyphosphate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense class of inorganic polymers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | polifosfato |
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 polyphosphate come from?
From poly- + phosphate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).