hydroxyde de sodium

\i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\

/\i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé chimique solide hygroscopique, de couleur blanche à température ambiante, de formule NaOH, qui se dissout dans l’eau et prend la forme ionisée Na⁺OH⁻ et constitue une base forte extrêmement...

Key facts for hydroxyde de sodium
PropertyValue
Headwordhydroxyde de sodium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hydroxyde de sodium” sits in French frequency

hydroxyde de sodium falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

hydroxyde de sodium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique solide hygroscopique, de couleur blanche à température ambiante, de formule NaOH, qui se dissout dans l’eau et prend la forme ionisée Na⁺OH⁻ et constitue une base forte extrêmement...".

hydroxyde de sodium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hydroxyde de sodium, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-D-E- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-U-M.

Definition

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    Composé chimique solide hygroscopique, de couleur blanche à température ambiante, de formule NaOH, qui se dissout dans l’eau et prend la forme ionisée Na⁺OH⁻ et constitue une base forte extrêmement caustique qui attaque tous les tissus vivants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hydroxyde de sodium"?
"hydroxyde de sodium" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-X-Y-D-E- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\.
What does "hydroxyde de sodium" mean?
As a noun, "hydroxyde de sodium" means: Composé chimique solide hygroscopique, de couleur blanche à température ambiante, de formule NaOH, qui se dissout dans l’eau et prend la forme ionisée Na⁺OH⁻ et constitue une base forte extrêmement...
How do you pronounce "hydroxyde de sodium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydroxyde de sodium" is \i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydroxyde de sodium" come from?
"hydroxyde de sodium" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “hydroxyde de sodium”

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- -D-E- -S-O-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \i.dʁɔ.ksid də sɔ.djɔm\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list