hypochlorite
"hypochlorite" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypochlorite” is uncommon English (frequency #77,784 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,784
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypochlorite · hypochlorite · English
hypochlorite · rank #77,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,784
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hypermarket
Nearest frequency peer: hypermarket (-2 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 “hypochlorite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hussy
hussy
22,220 corpus weight
- hypermarket
hypermarket
22,219 corpus weight
- hypochlorite
hypochlorite
22,217 corpus weight
- IaaS
IaaS
22,215 corpus weight
- Illyria
Illyria
22,211 corpus weight
- imitative
imitative
22,209 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hypochlorite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypochlorite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypochlorite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypochlorite is uncommon English at frequency #77,784 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hypochlorite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypo- + chlorite. The correct English form is hypochlorite, spelled H-Y-P-O-C-H-L-O-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hypochlorite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hypochlorous acid is a weak acid with a pH slightly below neutral. It should not be confused with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), the main active ingredient in household bleach products, even though they both involve chlorine.
Etymology
From hypo- + chlorite.
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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