Barium

[ˈbaːʁiʊm]

/[ˈbaːʁiʊm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Barium” is uncommon German (frequency #78,927 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,927
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 56, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-barium · Barium · German

Barium · rank #78,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,927
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baskischen

Nearest frequency peer: Baskischen (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Barium“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Barium“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Barium
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaːʁiʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Barium“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bariumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baskischen“ (#78,928), „Bankfiliale“ (#78,925), „Batavia“ (#78,929). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Barium“ bei #78,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Barium is uncommon German at frequency #78,927 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaːʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 56, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört".

Barium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Barium, spelled B-A-R-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 56, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Barium und alle seine löslichen Verbindungen sind giftig.
  2. „Barium kommt wegen seiner hohen Reaktivität in der Natur nicht elementar, sondern nur in Verbindungen vor.“

This word in other languages

barium(English)bario(Español)baryum(Français)bário(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barium"?
"Barium" is spelled B-A-R-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːʁiʊm].
What does "Barium" mean?
As a noun, "Barium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 56, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört
How do you pronounce "Barium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barium" is [ˈbaːʁiʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barium" come from?
"Barium" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bangui#78,924bagage#78,917behagt#78,942Beuten#78,963

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list