hydroxyde

\i.dʁɔk.sid\

/\i.dʁɔk.sid\/ noun

The verdict

“hydroxyde” is uncommon French (frequency #56,658 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,658
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé contenant au moins un groupement hydroxyle et vu comme susceptible de céder un ion OH⁻.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hydroxyde · hydroxyde · French

hydroxyde · rank #56,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,658
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hydromel

Nearest frequency peer: hydromel (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hydroxyde »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hydroxyde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hydroxyde
PropertyValue
Headwordhydroxyde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.dʁɔk.sid\
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hydroxyde » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hydroxydetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hydromel » (#56,657), « Huygens » (#56,656), « héritera » (#56,660). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hydroxyde » est au #56,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hydroxyde is uncommon French at frequency #56,658 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁɔk.sid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for hydroxyde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hydroxyde, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composé contenant au moins un groupement hydroxyle et vu comme susceptible de céder un ion OH⁻.
  2. 2
    L’ion OH⁻ lui-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parmi les produits cupriques utilisables en pulvérisation, il faut citer l’hydroxyde de cuivre, l'oxyde cuivreux en émulsion huileuse et l'oxychlorure tétracuivrique.
  2. Les hydroxydes d’ammonium sont également formés par réaction de l’hydroxyde d’argent avec un sel d’ammonium.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hydroxyde"?
"hydroxyde" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁɔk.sid\.
What does "hydroxyde" mean?
As a noun, "hydroxyde" means: Composé contenant au moins un groupement hydroxyle et vu comme susceptible de céder un ion OH⁻.
How do you pronounce "hydroxyde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydroxyde" is \i.dʁɔk.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydroxyde" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hydroxyde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list