propane
/ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/noun
propane is spelled P-R-O-P-A-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, propane means “An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of propane is propanes.
How many letters and syllables are in propane?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-P-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is propane?
Propane appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 propane?
- /ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/
Propane has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-propane.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-propane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of propane
- propanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does propane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas.
- 2
USLPG.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Propane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense aliphatic hydrocarbon: C3H8:
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 propane come from?
From clipping of propionic acid + -ane, from French propionique, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). Analyzable as prop- + -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).