erbium
/ˈɝ.bi.əm/noun
erbium is spelled E-R-B-I-U-M: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, erbium means “A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of erbium is erbiums.
How many letters and syllables are in erbium?
| Letters | 6: E-R-B-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is erbium?
Erbium appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce erbium?
- UK /ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/
- US /ˈɝ.bi.əm/
Erbium has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-erbium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-erbium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with erbium?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as erbium from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹbiəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of erbium
- erbiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does erbium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
- 2
An atom of this element.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Erbium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does erbium come from?
Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was discovered) + -ium. Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).