halide
/ˈhæl.aɪd/noun
halide is spelled H-A-L-I-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, halide means “Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of halide is halides.
How many letters and syllables are in halide?
| Letters | 6: H-A-L-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is halide?
Halide appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 halide?
- UK /ˈheɪ.laɪd/
- US /ˈhæl.aɪd/
- US /ˈheɪ.laɪd/
Halide has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-halide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of halide
- halides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does halide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
sulfur halides such as disulfur dichloride
- 2
Such a salt with a single halogen atom.
Potassium iodide is a halide.
- 3
The anionic form of a halogen atom (a group 17 element).
Iodide is a halide.
- 4
informalA metal halide lamp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Halide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense halogen salt:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | halogénure |
| German | Halit, Halogenid |
| Portuguese | haleto |
| Spanish | haluro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does halide come from?
From hal(ogen) + -ide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).