selenide
noun
selenide is spelled S-E-L-E-N-I-D-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, selenide means “any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of selenide is selenides.
How many letters and syllables are in selenide?
| Letters | 8: S-E-L-E-N-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is selenide?
Selenide appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 selenide?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-selenide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of selenide
- selenides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does selenide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2
- 2
any organic compound of general formula RSeR (R not = H) analogous to the ethers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Selenide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compound in which selenium serves as an anion:
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 selenide come from?
From selenium + -ide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).