sodium chloride
"sodium-chloride" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sodium chloride” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sodium chloride |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sodium chloride” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sodium chloride is 15 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “sodium chloride”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-O-D-I-U-M- -C-H-L-O-R-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.