chlorure d’hydrogène
\klɔ.ʁyʁ di.dʁo.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“chlorure d’hydrogène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé chimique formé d’un atome de chlore et d’un atome d’hydrogène (formule HCL).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlorure d’hydrogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɔ.ʁyʁ di.dʁo.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chlorure d’hydrogène” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chlorure d’hydrogène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɔ.ʁyʁ di.dʁo.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique formé d’un atome de chlore et d’un atome d’hydrogène (formule HCL).".
No misspelling variants are generated for chlorure d’hydrogène in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chlorure d’hydrogène, spelled C-H-L-O-R-U-R-E- -D-’-H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Composé chimique formé d’un atome de chlore et d’un atome d’hydrogène (formule HCL).
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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.
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Using “chlorure d’hydrogène”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-L-O-R-U-R-E- -D-’-H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɔ.ʁyʁ di.dʁo.ʒɛn\ (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.