rhodium
\ʁɔ.djɔm\
The verdict
“rhodium” is uncommon French (frequency #67,848 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,848
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métal rare, qu’on trouve ordinairement allié au platine. Son symbole est Rh et son numéro atomique 45, qui fait partie de la série des métaux de transition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rhodium · rhodium · French
rhodium · rank #67,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,848
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH revêtues
Nearest frequency peer: revêtues (-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 « rhodium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- revanchard
revanchard
32,156 corpus weight
- revoici
revoici
32,155 corpus weight
- revêtues
revêtues
32,154 corpus weight
- rhodium
rhodium
32,153 corpus weight
- Ribera
Ribera
32,152 corpus weight
- rivalisant
rivalisant
32,150 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rhodium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rhodium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rhodium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rhodium is uncommon French at frequency #67,848 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Métal rare, qu’on trouve ordinairement allié au platine. Son symbole est Rh et son numéro atomique 45, qui fait partie de la série des métaux de transition.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rhodium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rhodium, spelled R-H-O-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Métal rare, qu’on trouve ordinairement allié au platine. Son symbole est Rh et son numéro atomique 45, qui fait partie de la série des métaux de transition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rhodium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ancien symbole chimique du rhodium fut R.
Le rhodium se rencontre exclusivement dans les minerais de la mine de platine.
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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