lawrencium
/ləˈɹɛnsiəm/noun
lawrencium is spelled L-A-W-R-E-N-C-I-U-M: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lawrencium means “A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lawrencium?
| Letters | 10: L-A-W-R-E-N-C-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lawrencium?
Lawrencium appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 lawrencium?
- /ləˈɹɛnsiəm/
Lawrencium has 4 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-lawrencium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-lawrencium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does lawrencium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
- 2
An atom of this element.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lawrencium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lawrencium |
| German | Lawrencium |
| Portuguese | laurêncio |
| Spanish | lawrencio, laurencio |
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 lawrencium come from?
From Lawrence + -ium; named for Ernest Lawrence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).