hidróxido
[iˈð̞ɾoksið̞o]
The verdict
“hidróxido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,278 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,278
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - es un anión diatómico con fórmula química OH-. Se compone de un átomo de oxígeno y un átomo de hidrógeno unido por un enlace covalente. Lleva una carga eléctrica negativa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hidróxido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈð̞ɾoksið̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hidróxido” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hidróxido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,278 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈð̞ɾoksið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es un anión diatómico con fórmula química OH-. Se compone de un átomo de oxígeno y un átomo de hidrógeno unido por un enlace covalente. Lleva una carga eléctrica negativa.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hidróxido in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Spanish form is hidróxido, spelled H-I-D-R-Ó-X-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1es un anión diatómico con fórmula química OH-. Se compone de un átomo de oxígeno y un átomo de hidrógeno unido por un enlace covalente. Lleva una carga eléctrica negativa.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hidróxido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-D-R-Ó-X-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.