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“Sulfide” or “Sulphide”

Sulfide is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while sulphide is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “sulfide” and 1 prefer “sulphide”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country sulfide sulphide Preference
United States 97 3 “sulfide”
United Kingdom 58 42 “sulfide”
India 18 82 “sulphide”
Philippines 94 6 “sulfide”
Canada 80 20 “sulfide”
Australia 66 34 “sulfide”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 68 32 “sulfide”
New Zealand 68 32 “sulfide”
Jamaica 60 40 “sulfide”
Trinidad & Tobago 54 46 “sulfide”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“sulfide”

  • …sulfite, and thiosulfate to hydrogen sulfide (H2S), but does not reduce…
  • …(millerite: 1845) 02.CC.20 (IUPAC: nickel sulfide)
  • "Competition for Dimethyl Sulfide and Hydrogen Sulfide by Methylophaga…
  • Next, a sodium sulfide solution is applied to the…
  • …carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from various gas streams;…
  • …male form is probably the sulfide, while the female form, which…
  • …specific gases such as hydrogen sulfide.
  • …of methane, oil, and hydrogen sulfide gas.
  • Addition of hydrogen sulfide or sulfide salts to a…
  • Cadmium sulfide nanoparticle synthesis for F. oxysporum…

“sulphide”

  • …palladium, silica, zinc oxide, zinc sulphide
  • …can decompose to yield hydrogen sulphide in anaerobic land-fill conditions.
  • …observed within fossilized seepage-site metal sulphide precipitates indicates that these inorganic…
  • a sulphide chimney
  • The sodium sulphide soaks through the skin and…
  • Sulphide indole motility medium
  • …to the scarcity of hydrogen sulphide, some photosynthetic bacteria evolved to…
  • …the largest Paleoproterozoic volcanic-hosted massive sulphide districts in the world, containing…
  • Lead(II) sulfide (also spelled sulphide) is an inorganic compound with…
  • …nanoparticles of gold, silver, zinc sulphide, zinc oxide, silica among other…

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