iridium
/ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
"iridium" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“iridium” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,868
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iridium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iridium” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around iridium (IPA /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,868 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for iridium, with forms such as "iirdium", "irdiium", and "iriddium". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin. The correct English form is iridium, spelled I-R-I-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
- 2A single atom of this element.
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iirdium,irdiium,iriddium,iridimu,iridiumm,iriduim,iriidum,irridium,riidium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iridium - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “iridium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-R-I-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.