Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tautomer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: tau-tomer
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the multiple forms of a tautomeric compound.

Etymology

From taut- + -o- + -mer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: taut
Suffix: -o-

Inflected Forms

tautomers (plural)

Derived Forms

protomer tautomeral tautomerase tautomerism tautomerization tautomerize

Questions

What does tautomer mean?: Any of the multiple forms of a tautomeric compound.
Where does tautomer come from?: From taut- + -o- + -mer.

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