gadolinium
\ɡa.dɔ.li.njɔm\
The verdict
“gadolinium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 64 et de symbole Gd qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gadolinium · gadolinium · French
gadolinium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gadolinium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.dɔ.li.njɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gadolinium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.dɔ.li.njɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gadolinium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 gadolinium, spelled G-A-D-O-L-I-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 64 et de symbole Gd qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares.
- 2Métal pur de cet élément, gris-argenté, ductile, malléable, et stable à l’air sec mais rapidement oxydé à l’air humide à température ambiante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gadolinium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gadolinium, comme tous les lanthanides, est une terre rare.
La technique d’angio-IRM en acquisition 3D avec injection de gadolinium est la plus utilisée, reléguant l’imagerie en temps de vol ou en contraste de phase à une place mineure.
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.