Vanadium
[vaˈnaːdi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Vanadium” is uncommon German (frequency #87,198 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,198
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 23, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
| 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) |
Where “Vanadium” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vanadium is uncommon German at frequency #87,198 among 49,639 “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
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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 “Vanadium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-A-N-A-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vaˈnaːdi̯ʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.