Ruthenium
[ʁuˈteːni̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Ruthenium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 44, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruthenium · Ruthenium · German
Ruthenium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Ruthenium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁuˈteːni̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Ruthenium” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Ruthenium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁuˈteːni̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 44, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ruthenium in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ruthenium, spelled R-U-T-H-E-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 44, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ruthenium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ruthenium ist ein hartes, sprödes, grauweißes Metall.
„2017 legte sich wie aus dem Nichts ein Schleier von radioaktivem Ruthenium über Europa.“
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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.
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