Neodym
[neoˈdyːm]
The verdict
“Neodym” 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 60, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-neodym · Neodym · German
Neodym · 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 "N" 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 | Neodym |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [neoˈdyːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Neodym“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Neodym is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [neoˈdyːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 60, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Neodym, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Neodym, spelled N-E-O-D-Y-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 60, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Neodym appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neodym ist ein silbrigweiß glänzendes Metall.
„Die Variationen im Gehalt von Spurenelementen wie Helium, Blei, Strontium, Neodym u. a. zeigen deutlich, dass Island auch geochemisch eine Anomalie im Vergleich zum restlichen Nordatlantik darstellt.“
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.