Indium
[ˈɪndi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Indium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 49, das zu den Metallen gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-indium · Indium · German
Indium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | Indium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪndi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Indium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Indium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪndi̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 49, das zu den Metallen gehört".
No misspelling variants are generated for Indium in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Indium, spelled I-N-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 49, das zu den Metallen gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indium ist ein silbrigweißes, duktiles Metall.
„Während Indium von Mineralsäuren wie Salpetersäure oder Schwefelsäure angegriffen wird, ist es nicht löslich in heißem Wasser, Basen und den meisten organischen Säuren.“
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.