ferrochrome
/ˈfɛɹəˌkɹəʊm/noun
ferrochrome is a noun meaning “Synonym of ferrochromium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-R-O-C-H-R-O-M-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ferrochrome is ferrochromes.
What does ferrochrome mean?
noun
- 1
Synonym of ferrochromium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ferrochrome?
- /ˈfɛɹəˌkɹəʊm/
Ferrochrome has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ferrochrome
- ferrochromes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ferrochrome?
Ferrochrome appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Ferrochrome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chro:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ferrochrome |
| German | Ferrochrom |
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 ferrochrome come from?
From ferro- + chrome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).