hydrochloric acid
/ˌhaɪdrəʊˌklɔrɪkˈæsɪd/
"hydrochloric-acid" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hydrochloric acid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrochloric acid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhaɪdrəʊˌklɔrɪkˈæsɪd/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hydrochloric acid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hydrochloric acid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhaɪdrəʊˌklɔrɪkˈæsɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hydrochloric acid in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hydrochloric acid, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-C-H-L-O-R-I-C- -A-C-I-D.
Definition
- 1A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is H-Y-D-R-O-C-H-L-O-R-I-C- -A-C-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.