toxicant
/ˈtɒksɪkənt/adjective, noun
toxicant is spelled T-O-X-I-C-A-N-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, toxicant means “Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in toxicant?
| Letters | 8: T-O-X-I-C-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 toxicant?
Toxicant appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 toxicant?
- /ˈtɒksɪkənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-toxicant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of toxicant
- more toxicant comparative
- most toxicant superlative
- toxicants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toxicant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.
- 2
Poisonous.
noun
- 1
A toxic or poisonous substance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does toxicant come from?
From Medieval Latin toxicāns, toxicant-, present participle of toxicāre (“to poison”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).