hydride
/ˈhaɪdɹaɪd/
"hydride" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hydride” is uncommon English (frequency #51,759 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,759
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hydride · hydride · English
hydride · rank #51,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,759
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hypotension
Nearest frequency peer: hypotension (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “hydride”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- heterosexua…
heterosexuality
48,246 corpus weight
- heuristics
heuristics
48,245 corpus weight
- hydride
hydride
48,242 corpus weight
- hypotension
hypotension
48,241 corpus weight
- IAAF
IAAF
48,240 corpus weight
- IAP
IAP
48,239 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hydride” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydride |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdɹaɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hydride” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hydride is uncommon English at frequency #51,759 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaɪdɹaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hydride, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hydro- + -ide. The correct English form is hydride, spelled H-Y-D-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.
Etymology
From hydro- + -ide.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).