scandium
/ˈskændi.əm/noun
scandium is spelled S-C-A-N-D-I-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scandium means “A metallic chemical element (symbol Sc), atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scandium?
| Letters | 8: S-C-A-N-D-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scandium?
Scandium appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 scandium?
- /ˈskændi.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-scandium.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-scandium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-scandium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does scandium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A metallic chemical element (symbol Sc), atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scandium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
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 scandium come from?
From Scandia + -ium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).