toluene
/ˈtɒl.juː.iːn/
"toluene" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toluene” is uncommon English (frequency #59,768 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,768
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toluene · toluene · English
toluene · rank #59,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,768
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trainwreck
Nearest frequency peer: trainwreck (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “toluene”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- TIF
TIF
40,238 corpus weight
- Timorese
Timorese
40,236 corpus weight
- Tindall
Tindall
40,235 corpus weight
- toluene
toluene
40,233 corpus weight
- trainwreck
trainwreck
40,232 corpus weight
- trice
trice
40,229 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toluene” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toluene |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɒl.juː.iːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toluene” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toluene is uncommon English at frequency #59,768 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɒl.juː.iːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for toluene in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Toluin, from Tolu (Tolú) where it was first distilled. The correct English form is toluene, spelled T-O-L-U-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toluene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From German Toluin, from Tolu (Tolú) where it was first distilled.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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