rubidium
\ʁy.bi.djɔm\
The verdict
“rubidium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 37 et de symbole Rb qui fait partie des métaux alcalins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rubidium · rubidium · French
rubidium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rubidium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁy.bi.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rubidium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁy.bi.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rubidium, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rubidium, spelled R-U-B-I-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 37 et de symbole Rb qui fait partie des métaux alcalins.
- 2Métal mou et argenté qui devient liquide vers 40°C.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rubidium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’analyse isotopique d’éléments comme le rubidium et le néodyme rend possible d’en localiser l’origine car les grands déserts ont une signature isotopique qui permet de les localiser.
On n’est pas surpris car on a tous vu du mercure qui, du fait de ses propriétés, a conduit à de nombreuses applications dans la vie quotidienne mais il n’en reste pas moins le seul métal liquide à l’ambiant. Le francium (27 °C), le gallium (29 °C) et le rubidium (39 °C) sont bien au-dessus de la température de fusion du mercure.
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.