# sulfide

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #32,200

## Definitions
1. Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.
2. (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

## Etymology
From sulf(ur) + -ide.

## Easily confused with
- **slide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-sulfide)
- **selfie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selfie-vs-sulfide)
- **suicide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suicide-vs-sulfide)
- **suffice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suffice-vs-sulfide)
- **sulfate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulfate-vs-sulfide)
- **subside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/subside-vs-sulfide)

## Common misspellings (10)
`slufide`, `ssulfide`, `suflide`, `sulfdie`, `sulffide`, `sulfidde`, `sulfied`, `sulifde`, `sullfide`, `uslfide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sulfide