# aluminum

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ · frequency rank #6,984

## Definitions
1. American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

## Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um

## Easily confused with
- **alumnus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aluminum-vs-alumnus)
- **alumina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alumina-vs-aluminum)
- **aluminium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aluminium-vs-aluminum)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alluminum`, `almuinum`, `aluimnum`, `aluminmu`, `aluminnum`, `aluminumm`, `alumiunm`, `alumminum`, `alumnium`, `aulminum`, `lauminum`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aluminum