Osmium
[ˈɔsmiʊm]
The verdict
“Osmium” 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 76, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-osmium · Osmium · German
Osmium · 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 "O" 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 | Osmium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔsmiʊm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Osmium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Osmium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔsmiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 76, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
Osmium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Osmium, spelled O-S-M-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 76, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Osmium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Osmium hat eine extrem hohe Dichte.
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.