sulphite
"sulphite" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sulphite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of sulfite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sulphite · sulphite · English
sulphite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sulphite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sulphite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sulphite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sulphite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is sulphite, spelled S-U-L-P-H-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of sulfite.
- 2A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sulphite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.
Some years ago when the engraving business was just getting a foothold in Chicago and Jones was busily engaged in helping said business gain said foothold, he was known as Charles Engraving Jones. This is a fair sample of his methods. You need not expect anything bromidic from Jones; he is a sulphite.
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.