sodium bicarbonate
/ˈsoʊdiəm ˌbaɪˈkɑɹbəneɪt/
"sodium-bicarbonate" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sodium bicarbonate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sodium-bicarbonate · sodium bicarbonate · English
sodium bicarbonate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sodium bicarbonate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsoʊdiəm ˌbaɪˈkɑɹbəneɪt/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sodium bicarbonate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sodium bicarbonate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsoʊdiəm ˌbaɪˈkɑɹbəneɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sodium bicarbonate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is sodium bicarbonate, spelled S-O-D-I-U-M- -B-I-C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
- 2A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
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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.