érythronium
\e.ʁi.tʁɔ.njɔm\
The verdict
“érythronium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Érythrone, ou Erythronium.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erythronium · érythronium · French
érythronium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | érythronium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʁi.tʁɔ.njɔm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
érythronium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʁi.tʁɔ.njɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for érythronium in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is érythronium, spelled É-R-Y-T-H-R-O-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Érythrone, ou Erythronium.
- 2Nom que le chimiste mexicain Andrés Manuel del Río donna au vanadium, lors de sa découverte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how érythronium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces jolies petites clochettes jaunes perchées en haut d’une fine tige d’environ trente centimètres sont celles de l’érythronium.
Peu de temps après, le même minéral ayant été soumis à l’analyse par Collet Descotils, celui-ci annonça que l’érythronium n’était que du chrome impur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.