tartrazine
noun
tartrazine is spelled T-A-R-T-R-A-Z-I-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tartrazine means “A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tartrazine is tartrazines.
How many letters and syllables are in tartrazine?
| Letters | 10: T-A-R-T-R-A-Z-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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 tartrazine?
Tartrazine appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 tartrazine?
- 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-tartrazine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tartrazine
- tartrazines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tartrazine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tartrazine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food colouring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Tartrazin |
| Spanish | tartracina, tartrazina |
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 tartrazine come from?
From tart(a)r + azine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).