cristaux de soude

\kʁis.to də sud\

/\kʁis.to də sud\/ noun

The verdict

“cristaux de soude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petits blocs de carbonate de sodium hydraté dont la formule est Na₂CO₃.10(H₂O) et qui sert à divers usages domestiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cristaux-de-soude · cristaux de soude · French

cristaux de soude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for cristaux de soude
PropertyValue
Headwordcristaux de soude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁis.to də sud\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cristaux de soude » en français

cristaux de souden'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cristaux de soude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁis.to də sud\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petits blocs de carbonate de sodium hydraté dont la formule est Na₂CO₃.10(H₂O) et qui sert à divers usages domestiques.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cristaux de soude, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cristaux de soude, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-U-X- -D-E- -S-O-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petits blocs de carbonate de sodium hydraté dont la formule est Na₂CO₃.10(H₂O) et qui sert à divers usages domestiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cristaux de soude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Utilisez un chiffon que vous trempez dans de l’eau tiède dans laquelle vous avez dissous une poignée de cristaux de soude.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cristaux de soude"?
"cristaux de soude" is spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-U-X- -D-E- -S-O-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.to də sud\.
What does "cristaux de soude" mean?
As a noun, "cristaux de soude" means: Petits blocs de carbonate de sodium hydraté dont la formule est Na₂CO₃.10(H₂O) et qui sert à divers usages domestiques.
How do you pronounce "cristaux de soude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cristaux de soude" is \kʁis.to də sud\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cristaux de soude" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list