Thulium
[ˈtuːli̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Thulium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 69, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-thulium · Thulium · German
Thulium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Thulium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtuːli̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Thulium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Thulium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtuːli̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 69, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thulium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Thulium, spelled T-H-U-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 69, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Thulium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Natur kommt Thulium nur in Verbindungen vor.
Im Mineral Gadolinit finden sich geringe Mengen Thulium.
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.