Elysium

/[eˈlyːzi̯ʊm]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,799

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Elysium is aGermannoun. It means: Ort, in den antike Helden, die Außerordentliches geleistet haben, entrückt werden, ohne dass sie den Tod erleiden; „Ort der Seligen“ Pronounced [eˈlyːzi̯ʊm].

Key facts for Elysium
PropertyValue
HeadwordElysium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈlyːzi̯ʊm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Elysium is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈlyːzi̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,799 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Elysium in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Elysium, spelled E-L-Y-S-I-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort, in den antike Helden, die Außerordentliches geleistet haben, entrückt werden, ohne dass sie den Tod erleiden; „Ort der Seligen“
  2. 2
    ein Gebiet auf dem Planeten Mars

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Frequency rank: #52,799 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Elysium"?
"Elysium" is spelled E-L-Y-S-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈlyːzi̯ʊm].
What does "Elysium" mean?
As a noun, "Elysium" means: Ort, in den antike Helden, die Außerordentliches geleistet haben, entrückt werden, ohne dass sie den Tod erleiden; „Ort der Seligen“
How do you pronounce "Elysium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Elysium" is [eˈlyːzi̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Elysium" come from?
"Elysium" 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.