strontium

Name: strontium, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/

//ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“strontium” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,681
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

Corpus desk

Index EN-strontium · strontium · English

strontium · rank #45,681 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,681
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH Strasburg

Nearest frequency peer: Strasburg (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Stoughton

54,323
Strasburg

54,321
strontium

54,320
Sturm

54,319
Sunbury

54,318
Superfund

54,317

What this shows “strontium” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for strontium
Property	Value
Headword	strontium
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#45,681
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “strontium”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).strontiumlands here:

#45,681

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Strasburg” (#45,680), “Sturm” (#45,682), “Sunbury” (#45,683). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “strontium” is #45,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around strontium (IPA /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,681 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for strontium, with forms such as "srtontium", "sstrontium", and "storntium". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian. The correct English form is strontium, spelled S-T-R-O-N-T-I-U-M.

Definition

1
The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
2
A single atom of this element.

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.

This word in other languages

estroncio(Español)strontium(Français)Strontium(Deutsch)estrôncio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

srtontium
sstrontium
storntium
strnotium
stronitum
stronntium
strontimu
strontiumm
stronttium
strontuim
strotnium
strrontium
sttrontium
tsrontium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strontium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "strontium"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strontium"?

"strontium" is spelled S-T-R-O-N-T-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/.

What does "strontium" mean?

As a noun, "strontium" means: The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

What are common misspellings of "strontium"?

Common misspellings include "srtontium", "sstrontium", "storntium", "strnotium", "stronitum". The correct spelling is "strontium".

How do you pronounce "strontium"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strontium" is /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "strontium"?

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strontium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Strasburg#45,680 Stoughton#45,678 Superfund#45,684 squeamish#45,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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