cloruro de sodio
[kloˈɾuɾo ð̞e ˈsoð̞jo]
The verdict
“cloruro de sodio” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sal de sodio, cuya formula es NaCl.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloruro de sodio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kloˈɾuɾo ð̞e ˈsoð̞jo] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cloruro de sodio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cloruro de sodio is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kloˈɾuɾo ð̞e ˈsoð̞jo]. 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: "Sal de sodio, cuya formula es NaCl.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cloruro de sodio, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cloruro de sodio, spelled C-L-O-R-U-R-O- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Sal de sodio, cuya formula es NaCl.
This word in other languages
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Using “cloruro de sodio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-L-O-R-U-R-O- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kloˈɾuɾo ð̞e ˈsoð̞jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.