thorium

\tɔ.ʁjɔm\

/\tɔ.ʁjɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“thorium” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,655
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 90 et de symbole Th appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thorium · thorium · French

thorium · rank #42,655 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,655
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH texans

Nearest frequency peer: texans (-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 « thorium »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « thorium » 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 thorium
PropertyValue
Headwordthorium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.ʁjɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,655
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « thorium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.thoriumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « texans » (#42,654), « Toledo » (#42,656), « testing » (#42,653). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « thorium » est au #42,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around thorium (IPA \tɔ.ʁjɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,655 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for thorium, with forms such as "htorium", "thhorium", and "thoirum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 thorium, spelled T-H-O-R-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 90 et de symbole Th appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
  2. 2
    Métal pur de cet élément, ductile, de couleur blanche.
  3. 3
    Atome de thorium.
  4. 4
    Isotopes ou alliages de thorium, dans leur ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le thorium est un actinide.
  2. L’Inde mise sur le thorium comme nouveau combustible nucléaire.

Synonyms

thoriniumdonariumwasium

This word in other languages

thorium(English)torio(Español)Thorium(Deutsch)tório(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htorium
  • thhorium
  • thoirum
  • thorimu
  • thoriumm
  • thorrium
  • thoruim
  • throium
  • tohrium
  • tthorium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thorium - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

htorium2thhorium1thoirum2thorimu2thoriumm1thorrium1thoruim2throium2
Edit distance from "thorium"

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 "thorium"?
"thorium" is spelled T-H-O-R-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ʁjɔm\.
What does "thorium" mean?
As a noun, "thorium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 90 et de symbole Th appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
What are common misspellings of "thorium"?
Common misspellings include "htorium", "thhorium", "thoirum", "thorimu", "thoriumm". The correct spelling is "thorium".
How do you pronounce "thorium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thorium" is \tɔ.ʁjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thorium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

testing#42,653testeur#42,652tutrice#42,666Umberto#42,668

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

terreurs10 variantstatoueur10 variantsSweeney10 variantsutérine10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list