Magnesium

/[maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,686

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Magnesium is aGermannoun. It means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört Pronounced [maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm].

Key facts for Magnesium
PropertyValue
HeadwordMagnesium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm]
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,686
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Magnesium is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,686 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Magnesium, with forms such as "amgnesium", "magensium", and "maggnesium". 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 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 Magnesium, spelled M-A-G-N-E-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
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amgnesium,magensium,maggnesium,magneisum,magnesimu,magnesiumm,magnessium,magnesuim,magnnesium,magnseium,mangesium,mganesium,mmagnesium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Magnesium

Misspelling Variants of "Magnesium"

amgnesium9magensium9maggnesium10magneisum9magnesimu9magnesiumm10magnessium10magnesuim9
Misspelling Variants of "Magnesium"

Frequency rank: #21,686 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Magnesium"?
"Magnesium" is spelled M-A-G-N-E-S-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm].
What does "Magnesium" mean?
As a noun, "Magnesium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört
What are common misspellings of "Magnesium"?
Common misspellings include "amgnesium", "magensium", "maggnesium", "magneisum", "magnesimu". The correct spelling is "Magnesium".
How do you pronounce "Magnesium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Magnesium" is [maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Magnesium" come from?
"Magnesium" 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.