monosodium

noun

"monosodium" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“monosodium” is uncommon English (frequency #98,461 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,461
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - one atom of sodium in a compound

Key facts for monosodium
PropertyValue
Headwordmonosodium
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “monosodium” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). monosodium lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monosodium is uncommon English at frequency #98,461 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "one atom of sodium in a compound".

monosodium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + sodium. The correct English form is monosodium, spelled M-O-N-O-S-O-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    one atom of sodium in a compound

Etymology

From mono- + sodium.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monosodium"?
"monosodium" is spelled M-O-N-O-S-O-D-I-U-M.
What does "monosodium" mean?
As a noun, "monosodium" means: one atom of sodium in a compound
What is the origin of the word "monosodium"?
From mono- + sodium. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “monosodium”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-O-S-O-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list