cadmium

\kad.mjɔm\

/\kad.mjɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“cadmium” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,650
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 48 et de symbole Cd qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition ; il possède 41 isotopes connus dont 17 ont un ou plusieurs isomères nucléaires...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadmium · cadmium · French

cadmium · rank #40,650 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,650
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabo

Nearest frequency peer: cabo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadmium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cadmium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cadmium vs calcium
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cadmium
PropertyValue
Headwordcadmium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kad.mjɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,650
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadmium »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cadmiumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cabo » (#40,649), « béarnais » (#40,648), « canin » (#40,652). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cadmium » est au #40,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cadmium (IPA \kad.mjɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,650 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadmium, with forms such as "acdmium", "caddmium", and "cadimum". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "calcium", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cadmium, spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 48 et de symbole Cd qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition ; il possède 41 isotopes connus dont 17 ont un ou plusieurs isomères nucléaires ; huit isotopes du cadmium sont naturellement présents sur terre.
  2. 2
    Corps simple, métallique, malléable, toxique, qui a la couleur et l’éclat de l’étain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cadmium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le cadmium existe dans les sols à très faibles doses (on compte en effet en centièmes de ppm) et pourtant cet ETM [élément trace métallique]est le plus redouté car très toxique.
  2. C’est un métal cancérigène, présent dans nos sols, dans certains engrais et in fine nos assiettes, et peu connu du grand public : le cadmium. La France autorise aujourd'hui l’utilisation d’engrais contenant jusqu'à 60 mg de cadmium par kilo.

This word in other languages

cadmium(English)cadmio(Español)Cadmium(Deutsch)cádmio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acdmium
  • caddmium
  • cadimum
  • cadmimu
  • cadmiumm
  • cadmmium
  • cadmuim
  • camdium
  • ccadmium
  • cdamium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadmium - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acdmium2caddmium1cadimum2cadmimu2cadmiumm1cadmmium1cadmuim2camdium2
Edit distance from "cadmium"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadmium"?
"cadmium" is spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \kad.mjɔm\.
What does "cadmium" mean?
As a noun, "cadmium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 48 et de symbole Cd qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition ; il possède 41 isotopes connus dont 17 ont un ou plusieurs isomères nucléaires...
What words are commonly confused with "cadmium"?
"cadmium" is commonly confused with "calcium". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadmium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadmium" is \kad.mjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadmium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

burning#40,645Caumont#40,661bouseux#40,634cinglés#40,670

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

brandy10 variantsbranch10 variantscolibri10 variantsbastian10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list