gadolinium
/ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/
"gadolinium" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gadolinium” is uncommon English (frequency #84,280 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,280
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gadolinium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gadolinium” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gadolinium is uncommon English at frequency #84,280 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gadolinium in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -ium. The correct English form is gadolinium, spelled G-A-D-O-L-I-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
Etymology
Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -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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- The one correct English spelling is G-A-D-O-L-I-N-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.