iridium
\i.ʁi.djɔm\
The verdict
“iridium” is uncommon French (frequency #57,345 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,345
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique appartenant à la série des métaux de transition. Son symbole chimique est Ir et son numéro atomique 77.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iridium · iridium · French
iridium · rank #57,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,345
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intergénérati…
Nearest frequency peer: intergénérationnelle (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « iridium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intentionna…
intentionnalité
42,659 corpus weight
- intercultur…
interculturelle
42,658 corpus weight
- intergénéra…
intergénérationnelle
42,657 corpus weight
- iridium
iridium
42,656 corpus weight
- IRS
IRS
42,655 corpus weight
- Irvine
Irvine
42,654 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « iridium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iridium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ʁi.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « iridium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
iridium is uncommon French at frequency #57,345 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ʁi.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for iridium in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is iridium, spelled I-R-I-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique appartenant à la série des métaux de transition. Son symbole chimique est Ir et son numéro atomique 77.
- 2Corps simple métallique blanc d’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iridium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anciennement, le symbole chimique de l’iridium fut J.
Ce scénario se base principalement sur la présence de teneurs élevées en iridium dans les météorites et la structure géologique plus ou moins circulaire du Yucatan.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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