tetrachloroethylene
/ˌtɛtraklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/noun
tetrachloroethylene is spelled T-E-T-R-A-C-H-L-O-R-O-E-T-H-Y-L-E-N-E: 19 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, tetrachloroethylene means “A liquid chlorocarbon with the formula C₂Cl₄, commonly used in dry cleaning and metal degreasing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tetrachloroethylene is tetrachloroethylenes.
How many letters and syllables are in tetrachloroethylene?
| Letters | 19: T-E-T-R-A-C-H-L-O-R-O-E-T-H-Y-L-E-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 tetrachloroethylene?
Tetrachloroethylene 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 tetrachloroethylene?
- /ˌtɛtraklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tetrachloroethylene
- tetrachloroethylenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tetrachloroethylene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A liquid chlorocarbon with the formula C₂Cl₄, commonly used in dry cleaning and metal degreasing.
Uses of tetrachloroethylene have included dry cleaning, degreasing, deworming, and others, but its use is now curtailed as compared with decades ago.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tetrachloroethylene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chlorocarbon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tétrachloroéthylène |
| German | Tetrachlorethylen |
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 tetrachloroethylene come from?
From tetra- + chloro- + ethylene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).