pyrophosphate
noun
pyrophosphate is spelled P-Y-R-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pyrophosphate means “Any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pyrophosphate is pyrophosphates.
How many letters and syllables are in pyrophosphate?
| Letters | 13: P-Y-R-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd 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 pyrophosphate?
Pyrophosphate appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 pyrophosphate?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pyrophosphate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pyrophosphate
- pyrophosphates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pyrophosphate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).