Strontium
[ˈʃtʁɔnt͡si̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Strontium” is uncommon German (frequency #97,771 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,771
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 38, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strontium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɔnt͡si̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Strontium” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Strontium is uncommon German at frequency #97,771 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɔnt͡si̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 38, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört".
Strontium has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Strontium, spelled S-T-R-O-N-T-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 38, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Strontium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-O-N-T-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʁɔnt͡si̯ʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.