hydroxyde
\i.dʁɔk.sid\
The verdict
“hydroxyde” is uncommon French (frequency #56,658 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,658
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé contenant au moins un groupement hydroxyle et vu comme susceptible de céder un ion OH⁻.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydroxyde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dʁɔk.sid\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hydroxyde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hydroxyde is uncommon French at frequency #56,658 among 109,908 “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
- 1Composé contenant au moins un groupement hydroxyle et vu comme susceptible de céder un ion OH⁻.
- 2L’ion OH⁻ lui-même.
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.
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Using “hydroxyde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.dʁɔk.sid\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.