technetium
/tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/noun
technetium is spelled T-E-C-H-N-E-T-I-U-M: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, technetium means “A metallic chemical element (symbol Tc) with an atomic number of 43” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in technetium?
| Letters | 10: T-E-C-H-N-E-T-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd 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 technetium?
Technetium appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 technetium?
- US /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/
- US /-ʃəm/
Technetium has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
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)-technetium.wav, En-us-technetium.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-technetium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does technetium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tc) with an atomic number of 43.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Technetium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | technétium |
| German | Technetium |
| Portuguese | tecnécio |
| Spanish | tecnecio |
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 technetium come from?
From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós, “artificial, manmade”) + -ium, because it was the first manmade element synthesized.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).