potassium

\pɔ.ta.sjɔm\

/\pɔ.ta.sjɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“potassium” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,233
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 19 et de symbole K.

Corpus desk

Index FR-potassium · potassium · French

potassium · rank #17,233 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,233
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pleuvoir

Nearest frequency peer: pleuvoir (-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 « potassium »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « potassium » 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
Key facts for potassium
PropertyValue
Headwordpotassium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.ta.sjɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,233
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « potassium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.potassiumse 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 « pleuvoir » (#17,232), « pourparlers » (#17,234), « Planet » (#17,231). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « potassium » est au #17,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around potassium (IPA \pɔ.ta.sjɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,233 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for potassium, with forms such as "optassium", "poatssium", and "potasisum". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is potassium, spelled P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 19 et de symbole K.
  2. 2
    Métal alcalin mou, d’aspect blanc métallique. Il s’oxyde rapidement au contact de l’air, et réagit violemment avec l’eau.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de potassium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les produits chimiques employés pour obtenir ce résultat sont des dissolutions aqueuses de peroxydes alcalins et alcalino-terreux; peroxyde de sodium, de potassium, de baryum, etc.
  2. Cette phytohormone de synthèse présentée sous forme de sels de sodium et de potassium, est surtout utilisée en cultures de céréales pour détruire le gaillet-gratteron et le mouron.

This word in other languages

potassium(English)potasio(Español)Kalium(Deutsch)potássio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • optassium
  • poatssium
  • potasisum
  • potasium
  • potassimu
  • potassiumm
  • potassuim
  • potsasium
  • pottassium
  • ppotassium
  • ptoassium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of potassium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

optassium2poatssium2potasisum2potasium1potassimu2potassiumm1potassuim2potsasium2
Edit distance from "potassium"

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 "potassium"?
"potassium" is spelled P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ta.sjɔm\.
What does "potassium" mean?
As a noun, "potassium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 19 et de symbole K.
What are common misspellings of "potassium"?
Common misspellings include "optassium", "poatssium", "potasisum", "potasium", "potassimu". The correct spelling is "potassium".
How do you pronounce "potassium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "potassium" is \pɔ.ta.sjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "potassium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

physicien#17,228pérennité#17,240persuadés#17,225rectifier#17,244

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pleuvoir11 variantspardonné11 variantsressorts11 variantsoverdose11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list