lawrencium
\lɔ.ʁɑ̃.sjɔm\
The verdict
“lawrencium” 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 103 et de symbole Lr (Lw entre 1961 et 1963 ; la Commission de nomenclature inorganique avait déterminé que la lettre ‘w’ était problématique pour certaines lang...
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Index FR-lawrencium · lawrencium · French
lawrencium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lawrencium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.ʁɑ̃.sjɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lawrencium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.ʁɑ̃.sjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lawrencium has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lawrencium, spelled L-A-W-R-E-N-C-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 103 et de symbole Lr (Lw entre 1961 et 1963 ; la Commission de nomenclature inorganique avait déterminé que la lettre ‘w’ était problématique pour certaines langues) appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
- 2Métal pur de cet élément.
- 3Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de lawrencium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lawrencium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lawrencium-262 a une demi-vie de 216 minutes.
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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.