sulphide
"sulphide" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sulphide” is uncommon English (frequency #61,841 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,841
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sulphide · sulphide · English
sulphide · rank #61,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,841
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH subcategory
Nearest frequency peer: subcategory (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sulphide”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- stilt
stilt
38,165 corpus weight
- Stretton
Stretton
38,163 corpus weight
- subcategory
subcategory
38,162 corpus weight
- sulphide
sulphide
38,160 corpus weight
- swindler
swindler
38,157 corpus weight
- swinney
swinney
38,156 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sulphide” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sulphide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sulphide” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sulphide is uncommon English at frequency #61,841 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sulphide, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sulphide, spelled S-U-L-P-H-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.