atome

/[a.tom]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,016

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

atome is aGermannoun. It means: Atom Pronounced [a.tom]. Often confused with Atze and Atomen.

Key facts for atome
PropertyValue
Headwordatome
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[a.tom]
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,016
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atome in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for atome is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [a.tom]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,016 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Atom".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for atome, with forms such as "aotme", "atmoe", and "atoem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Atze", "Atomen", "ATM", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is atome, spelled A-T-O-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atom

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aotme,atmoe,atoem,atomme,attome,taome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atome

Misspelling Variants of "atome"

aotme5atmoe5atoem5atomme6attome6taome5
Misspelling Variants of "atome"

Frequency rank: #23,016 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atome"?
"atome" is spelled A-T-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [a.tom].
What does "atome" mean?
As a noun, "atome" means: Atom
What words are commonly confused with "atome"?
"atome" is commonly confused with "Atze", "Atomen", "ATM". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atome" is [a.tom]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atome" come from?
"atome" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.