Vanadium
[vaˈnaːdi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Vanadium” is uncommon German (frequency #87,198 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,198
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 23, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-vanadium · Vanadium · German
Vanadium · rank #87,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,198
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Valois
Nearest frequency peer: Valois (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Vanadium“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ursprungsort
Ursprungsort
12,807 corpus weight
- Utilitarism…
Utilitarismus
12,805 corpus weight
- Valois
Valois
12,804 corpus weight
- Vanadium
Vanadium
12,803 corpus weight
- vehementer
vehementer
12,801 corpus weight
- Ventilation
Ventilation
12,800 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vanadium“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vanadium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaˈnaːdi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vanadium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vanadium is uncommon German at frequency #87,198 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaˈnaːdi̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 23, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Vanadium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Vanadium, spelled V-A-N-A-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 23, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vanadium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vanadium ist ein seltenes, weiches und zähes Metall.
„Vanadium steigert schon in kleinen Mengen in Stählen die Festigkeit und Zähigkeit und damit die Verschleißfestigkeit deutlich.“
Synonyms
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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