chlorure de sodium
\klɔ.ʁyʁ də sɔ.djɔm\
The verdict
“chlorure de sodium” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé ionique de formule brute NaCl communément utilisé en cuisine comme condiment sous le nom de sel de table ou de sel de cuisine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlorure de sodium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɔ.ʁyʁ də sɔ.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chlorure de sodium” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chlorure de sodium is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \klɔ.ʁyʁ də sɔ.djɔm\. 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: "Composé ionique de formule brute NaCl communément utilisé en cuisine comme condiment sous le nom de sel de table ou de sel de cuisine.".
chlorure de sodium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chlorure de sodium, spelled C-H-L-O-R-U-R-E- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Composé ionique de formule brute NaCl communément utilisé en cuisine comme condiment sous le nom de sel de table ou de sel de cuisine.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-L-O-R-U-R-E- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɔ.ʁyʁ də sɔ.djɔm\ (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.