europium
/jʊˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/
"europium" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“europium” is uncommon English (frequency #98,090 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,090
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
Corpus desk
Index EN-europium · europium · English
europium · rank #98,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,090
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH excellencies
Nearest frequency peer: excellencies (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “europium”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- europium
europium
1,911 corpus weight
- excellencies
excellencies
1,908 corpus weight
- exciton
exciton
1,907 corpus weight
- excretory
excretory
1,906 corpus weight
- exploiter
exploiter
1,904 corpus weight
- extrasensory
extrasensory
1,903 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “europium” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | europium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /jʊˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “europium” in English
Rare enough to double-check
europium is uncommon English at frequency #98,090 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /jʊˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for europium, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French europium, from Europe + -ium. The correct English form is europium, spelled E-U-R-O-P-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
Etymology
Borrowed from French europium, from Europe + -ium.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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