Yttrium
[ˈʏtʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Yttrium” 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 39, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-yttrium · Yttrium · German
Yttrium · 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 "Y" 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 | Yttrium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʏtʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Yttrium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Yttrium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʏtʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 39, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
Zero misspellings are on record for Yttrium in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Yttrium, spelled Y-T-T-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 39, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Yttrium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yttrium ist ein silbern glänzendes Metall.
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.