# propylene

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,274

## Definitions
1. The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.

## Etymology
Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene

## Common misspellings (14)
`porpylene`, `ppropylene`, `proplyene`, `proppylene`, `propyelne`, `propyleen`, `propylenne`, `propyllene`, `propylnee`, `propyylene`, `proyplene`, `prpoylene`, `prropylene`, `rpopylene`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/propylene