sodium

\so.djɔm\

/\so.djɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“sodium” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,267
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 11 et de symbole Na qui fait partie des métaux alcalins. On ne le trouve pas à l'état de corps pur dans la nature, mais il est très abondant sous forme de compos...

Corpus desk

Index FR-sodium · sodium · French

sodium · rank #13,267 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,267
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH smart

Nearest frequency peer: smart (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sodium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sodium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sodium vs stadium
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sodium
PropertyValue
Headwordsodium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.djɔm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,267
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sodium »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sodiumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « smart » (#13,266), « song » (#13,268), « simplification » (#13,265). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sodium » est au #13,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sodium (IPA \so.djɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,267 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sodium, with forms such as "osdium", "sdoium", and "soddium". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stadium", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sodium, spelled S-O-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 11 et de symbole Na qui fait partie des métaux alcalins. On ne le trouve pas à l'état de corps pur dans la nature, mais il est très abondant sous forme de composés, par exemple dans le sel de table.
  2. 2
    Forme métallique pure de cet élément, métal alcalin blanc argenté, mou et très réactif.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de sodium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'affichage des teneurs en sel n'étant pas encore obligatoire en France - il le sera en 2016 -, seul est mentionné sur l'étiquette (et encore !) le sodium. Une astuce : 1 gramme de sodium équivaut à 2,5 grammes de sel.
  2. Les produits chimiques employés pour obtenir ce résultat sont des dissolutions aqueuses de peroxydes alcalins et alcalino-terreux; peroxyde de sodium, de potassium, de baryum, etc. […].

This word in other languages

sodium(English)sodio(Español)Natrium(Deutsch)sódio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osdium
  • sdoium
  • soddium
  • sodimu
  • sodiumm
  • soduim
  • soidum
  • ssodium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sodium - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osdium2sdoium2soddium1sodimu2sodiumm1soduim2soidum2ssodium1
Edit distance from "sodium"

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 "sodium"?
"sodium" is spelled S-O-D-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \so.djɔm\.
What does "sodium" mean?
As a noun, "sodium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 11 et de symbole Na qui fait partie des métaux alcalins. On ne le trouve pas à l'état de corps pur dans la nature, mais il est très abondant sous forme de compos...
What words are commonly confused with "sodium"?
"sodium" is commonly confused with "stadium". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sodium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sodium" is \so.djɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sodium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stella#13,269régner#13,252tintin#13,282torres#13,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

smart8 variantsthink8 variantsToyota8 variantsneuves8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list