yttrium
/ˈɪtɹiːəm/noun
yttrium is spelled Y-T-T-R-I-U-M: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yttrium means “A silvery metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare earth minerals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yttrium is yttriums.
How many letters and syllables are in yttrium?
| Letters | 7: Y-T-T-R-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd 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 yttrium?
Yttrium appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 yttrium?
- /ˈɪtɹiːəm/
- /ˈjɪtɹiːəm/
Yttrium has 3 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)-Vealhurl-yttrium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-yttrium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yttrium
- yttriums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yttrium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A silvery metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare earth minerals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yttrium 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 yttrium come from?
From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden. Doublet of erbium, terbium, and ytterbium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).