tosyl
noun
tosyl is spelled T-O-S-Y-L: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tosyl means “toluenesulfonyl, phenylmethylsulfonyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tosyl is tosyls.
How many letters and syllables are in tosyl?
| Letters | 5: T-O-S-Y-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tosyl?
Tosyl appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).
What rhymes with tosyl?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tosyl.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stylo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tosyl
- tosyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tosyl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
toluenesulfonyl, phenylmethylsulfonyl
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tosyl?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tosyl: Ts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tosyl come from?
From toluene + sulfonyl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).