Plutonium

/[pluˈtoːni̯ʊm]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,755

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Plutonium is aGermannoun. It means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 94, das zu den Actinoiden gehört Pronounced [pluˈtoːni̯ʊm].

Key facts for Plutonium
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlutonium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pluˈtoːni̯ʊm]
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,755
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Plutonium is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pluˈtoːni̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,755 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 94, das zu den Actinoiden gehört".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Plutonium, with forms such as "lputonium", "pllutonium", and "pltuonium". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 Plutonium, spelled P-L-U-T-O-N-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 94, das zu den Actinoiden gehört

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lputonium,pllutonium,pltuonium,pluotnium,plutnoium,plutoinum,plutonimu,plutoniumm,plutonnium,plutonuim,pluttonium,pplutonium,pultonium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Plutonium

Misspelling Variants of "Plutonium"

lputonium9pllutonium10pltuonium9pluotnium9plutnoium9plutoinum9plutonimu9plutoniumm10
Misspelling Variants of "Plutonium"

Frequency rank: #40,755 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Plutonium"?
"Plutonium" is spelled P-L-U-T-O-N-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [pluˈtoːni̯ʊm].
What does "Plutonium" mean?
As a noun, "Plutonium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 94, das zu den Actinoiden gehört
What are common misspellings of "Plutonium"?
Common misspellings include "lputonium", "pllutonium", "pltuonium", "pluotnium", "plutnoium". The correct spelling is "Plutonium".
How do you pronounce "Plutonium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plutonium" is [pluˈtoːni̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plutonium" come from?
"Plutonium" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.