chromium

[ˈkrəʊmɪəm]

/[ˈkrəʊmɪəm]/ noun

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The verdict

“chromium” is uncommon German (frequency #86,328 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,328
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chrom

Corpus desk

Index DE-chromium · chromium · German

chromium · rank #86,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,328
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH chosen

Nearest frequency peer: chosen (-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 „chromium“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chromium
PropertyValue
Headwordchromium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkrəʊmɪəm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „chromium“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „chosen“ (#86,327), „Choreographien“ (#86,326), „Checkpoints“ (#86,325). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „chromium“ bei #86,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chromium is uncommon German at frequency #86,328 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkrəʊmɪəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chrom".

No misspelling variants are generated for chromium in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is chromium, spelled C-H-R-O-M-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chrom

Synonyms

chrome

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 "chromium"?
"chromium" is spelled C-H-R-O-M-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkrəʊmɪəm].
What does "chromium" mean?
As a noun, "chromium" means: Chrom
How do you pronounce "chromium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chromium" is [ˈkrəʊmɪəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chromium" come from?
"chromium" 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 "chromium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clusters#86,333Bäckerin#86,315cultures#86,343darinnen#86,349

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list