Cäsium

[ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm]

/[ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm]/ noun

The verdict

“Cäsium” is uncommon German (frequency #96,818 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,818
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 55, das zur Gruppe der Alkalimetalle gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-casium · Cäsium · German

Cäsium · rank #96,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,818
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH dadrauf

Nearest frequency peer: dadrauf (+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 „Cäsium“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cäsium
PropertyValue
HeadwordCäsium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,818
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Cäsium“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dadrauf“ (#96,819), „Darmschleimhaut“ (#96,820), „Datenbestand“ (#96,821). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cäsium“ bei #96,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cäsium is uncommon German at frequency #96,818 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 55, das zur Gruppe der Alkalimetalle gehört".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cäsium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Cäsium, spelled C-Ä-S-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 55, das zur Gruppe der Alkalimetalle gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cäsium wurde erstmals 1860 im Dürkheimer Mineralwasser nachgewiesen.
  2. „Auch hier sei die kontaminierte Erde abgetragen worden, beruhigt uns der Biologe, und im Übrigen werde jedes Gemüse und Milchprodukt auf Cäsium, Strontium und andere Nuklide gemessen, bevor es in den Handel gelange.“

This word in other languages

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 "Cäsium"?
"Cäsium" is spelled C-Ä-S-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm].
What does "Cäsium" mean?
As a noun, "Cäsium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 55, das zur Gruppe der Alkalimetalle gehört
How do you pronounce "Cäsium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cäsium" is [ˈt͡sɛːzi̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cäsium" come from?
"Cäsium" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list