Aluminium
[aluˈmiːni̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Aluminium” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,983 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,983
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chemisches Element; silberweißes, leicht formbares Leichtmetall
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aluminium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aluˈmiːni̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aluminium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Aluminium is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aluˈmiːni̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,983 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "chemisches Element; silberweißes, leicht formbares Leichtmetall".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aluminium, with forms such as "alluminium", "almuinium", and "aluimnium". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Aluminium, spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element; silberweißes, leicht formbares Leichtmetall
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alluminium,almuinium,aluimnium,alumiinum,aluminimu,aluminiumm,aluminnium,aluminuim,alumminium,alumniium,aulminium,lauminium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aluminium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Aluminium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aluˈmiːni̯ʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.