sodium chloride
"sodium-chloride" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sodium chloride” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sodium-chloride · sodium chloride · English
sodium chloride · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 chloride |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sodium chloride” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sodium chloride is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.".
sodium chloride has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is sodium chloride, spelled S-O-D-I-U-M- -C-H-L-O-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sodium chloride appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: table salt, salt
This word in other languages
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.