Element

/[eləˈmɛnt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,074

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Element is aGermannoun. It means: Baustein, Grundbestandteil Pronounced [eləˈmɛnt]. It ranks #5,074 in German word frequency. Often confused with Eleven and Elemente.

Key facts for Element
PropertyValue
HeadwordElement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eləˈmɛnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,074
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Element is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eləˈmɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,074 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Element, with forms such as "eelment", "eleemnt", and "elemennt". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Eleven", "Elemente", "Elements", 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 Element, spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baustein, Grundbestandteil
  2. 2
    eine Klasse von Atomen gleicher Protonenzahl; ein Stoff, der chemisch nicht weiter zerlegt werden kann
  3. 3
    Naturphilosophie des Altertums, einer der vier Grundstoffe Erde, Feuer, Wasser und Luft
  4. 4
    etwas, das in einer Menge enthalten ist
  5. 5
    in den Auszeichnungssprachen (SGML, HTML, XML) ein Stück Text oder Binärdaten mit den umschließenden Tags
  6. 6
    herabwürdigende Bezeichnung für Menschen
  7. 7
    Mineralklasse aller in gediegener Form vorkommenden chemischen Elemente [2]
  8. 8
    Einrichtung zur Erzeugung einer Gleichspannung durch chemische Prozesse, einzelne Zelle einer elektrischen Batterie

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelment,eleemnt,elemennt,elementt,elemetn,elemment,elemnet,ellement,elmeent,leement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Element

Misspelling Variants of "Element"

eelment7eleemnt7elemennt8elementt8elemetn7elemment8elemnet7ellement8
Misspelling Variants of "Element"

Frequency rank: #5,074 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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