Cadmium

[ˈkatmiʊm]

/[ˈkatmiʊm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Cadmium” is uncommon German (frequency #56,030 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,030
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 48, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-cadmium · Cadmium · German

Cadmium · rank #56,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,030
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bürgerschafts…

Nearest frequency peer: Bürgerschaftswahl (-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 „Cadmium“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cadmium
PropertyValue
HeadwordCadmium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkatmiʊm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Cadmium“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Cadmiumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bürgerschaftswahl“ (#56,029), „Béla“ (#56,027), „carré“ (#56,033). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cadmium“ bei #56,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cadmium is uncommon German at frequency #56,030 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkatmiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 48, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cadmium, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cadmium, spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 48, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cadmium und seine löslichen Verbindungen sind hochgiftig und vermutlich krebserregend.
  2. „Cadmium wird ausschließlich als Nebenprodukt bei der Zinkverhüttung, in kleinem Umfang auch bei der Blei- und Kupferverhüttung gewonnen.“

This word in other languages

cadmium(English)cadmio(Español)cadmium(Français)cádmio(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 "Cadmium"?
"Cadmium" is spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkatmiʊm].
What does "Cadmium" mean?
As a noun, "Cadmium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 48, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
How do you pronounce "Cadmium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cadmium" is [ˈkatmiʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cadmium" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brescia#56,020Colette#56,040bouquet#56,018conseil#56,042

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list