Gallium
[ˈɡali̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Gallium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 31, das zu den Metallen gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-gallium · Gallium · German
Gallium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gallium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡali̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gallium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gallium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡali̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 31, das zu den Metallen gehört".
Gallium has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gallium, spelled G-A-L-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 31, das zu den Metallen gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gallium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gallium kommt in der Natur stets in Kombination mit anderen Elementen vor.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.