chlorine
/ˈklɔɹin/
"chlorine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chlorine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,433
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chlorine · chlorine · English
chlorine · rank #16,433 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,433
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chaplain
Nearest frequency peer: chaplain (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chlorine”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chaplain
chaplain
83,569 corpus weight
- chlorine
chlorine
83,568 corpus weight
- chow
chow
83,567 corpus weight
- chubby
chubby
83,566 corpus weight
- clement
clement
83,565 corpus weight
- collusion
collusion
83,564 corpus weight
What this shows “chlorine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlorine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɔɹin/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chlorine”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around chlorine (IPA /ˈklɔɹin/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,433 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chlorine, with forms such as "cchlorine", "chhlorine", and "chllorine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "coloring", "calorie", "chloride", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1810 from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) + -ine. The correct English form is chlorine, spelled C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
- 2A single atom of this element.
- 3A chlorine-based bleach or disinfectant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chlorine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When TCCA touches a small amount of water and doesn’t dissolve, “it can experience a chemical reaction, generating heat and causing the decomposition of the chemical, which in turn produces toxic chlorine gas and can produce explosive nitrogen trichloride,” a 2023 report by the CSB said.
The mechanism involved in the explosive reaction between swimming pool chlorine (calcium hypochlorite) and brake fluid (polyethylene glycol), a possible improvised explosive mixture, has been studied by means of the gaseous products produced.
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1810 from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) + -ine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchlorine
- chhlorine
- chllorine
- chloirne
- chlorien
- chlorinne
- chlornie
- chlorrine
- chlroine
- cholrine
- clhorine
- hclorine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chlorine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chlorine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).