iodide
/ˈɑɪ.əˌdɑɪd/noun
iodide is spelled I-O-D-I-D-E: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, iodide means “A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of iodide is iodides.
How many letters and syllables are in iodide?
| Letters | 6: I-O-D-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 iodide?
Iodide appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 iodide?
- /ˈɑɪ.əˌdɑɪd/
Iodide has 3 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)-Flame,_not_lame-iodide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of iodide
- iodides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does iodide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
- 2
Any salt of hydroiodic acid.
- 3
The anionic form of an iodine atom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Iodide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense binary compound:
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 iodide come from?
From iodine + -ide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).