vanadium

\va.na.djɔm\

/\va.na.djɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“vanadium” is uncommon French (frequency #70,302 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,302
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 23 et de symbole V qui fait partie des métaux de transition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vanadium · vanadium · French

vanadium · rank #70,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,302
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH valium

Nearest frequency peer: valium (-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 « vanadium »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vanadium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vanadium
PropertyValue
Headwordvanadium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.na.djɔm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vanadium » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vanadiumtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « valium » (#70,301), « vapes » (#70,303), « valiant » (#70,300). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vanadium » est au #70,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vanadium is uncommon French at frequency #70,302 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.na.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vanadium, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vanadium, spelled V-A-N-A-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 23 et de symbole V qui fait partie des métaux de transition.
  2. 2
    Corps simple métallique de cet élément, blanc, qui se combine à l’oxygène, au chlore, à l’azote.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de vanadium.
  4. 4
    Alliages de vanadium, dans leur ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cependant, les recherches menées autour du vanadium au sein de l’entreprise d’Albert Monin débouchèrent sur une impasse : des études chimiques réalisées sur le traitement des terres à faïence de Grigny démontrèrent que le vanadium qu’elles contenaient se limitait à des traces inexploitables.
  2. Roger, qui a fait l’ensemble de sa carrière dans le même laboratoire, estime qu’il a fait « toujours la même chimie depuis 1975 », la chimie organométallique. À l’intérieur de cette spécialité, ses travaux ont porté sur différents éléments —principalement le vanadium, le zirconium et le titane.

Synonyms

érythroneérythroniumpanchromiumrionium

This word in other languages

vanadium(English)vanadio(Español)Vanadium(Deutsch)vanádio(Português)

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 "vanadium"?
"vanadium" is spelled V-A-N-A-D-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \va.na.djɔm\.
What does "vanadium" mean?
As a noun, "vanadium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 23 et de symbole V qui fait partie des métaux de transition.
How do you pronounce "vanadium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vanadium" is \va.na.djɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vanadium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vacherie#70,299vaccinal#70,297vicinaux#70,307vitrages#70,310

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list