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recrystallization

noun

recrystallization is spelled R-E-C-R-Y-S-T-A-L-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, recrystallization means “A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of recrystallization is recrystallizations.

How many letters and syllables are in recrystallization?

Letters17: R-E-C-R-Y-S-T-A-L-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 recrystallization?

Recrystallization appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 recrystallization?

  • 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-recrystallization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of recrystallization

  • recrystallizations plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does recrystallization mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals.

  2. 2

    The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size.

  3. 3

    The growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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