radioaktiven

Name: radioaktiven, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩]

/[ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“radioaktiven” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,579
frequency rank, German: 42,116
“R” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

radioaktiven vs radioaktiver

92% similar

radioaktiven vs radioaktiv

83% similar

radioaktiven vs radioaktive

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for radioaktiven
Property	Value
Headword	radioaktiven
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#26,579
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “radioaktiven” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). radioaktiven lands here:

#26,579

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around radioaktiven (IPA [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,579 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for radioaktiven, with forms such as "ardioaktiven", "raddioaktiven", and "radiaoktiven". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "radioaktiver", "radioaktiv", "radioaktive", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is radioaktiven, spelled R-A-D-I-O-A-K-T-I-V-E-N.

Definition

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Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
2
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
3
Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
4
Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
5
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
6
Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
7
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
8
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
9
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
10
Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
11
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
12
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ardioaktiven,raddioaktiven,radiaoktiven,radioakitven,radioakktiven,radioaktievn,radioaktivenn,radioaktivne,radioaktivven,radioakttiven,radioaktvien,radioatkiven,radiokativen,radoiaktiven,raidoaktiven,rdaioaktiven,rradioaktiven

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of radioaktiven - 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.

Edit distance from "radioaktiven"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "radioaktiven"?

"radioaktiven" is spelled R-A-D-I-O-A-K-T-I-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩].

What does "radioaktiven" mean?

As an adjective, "radioaktiven" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv

What words are commonly confused with "radioaktiven"?

"radioaktiven" is commonly confused with "radioaktiver", "radioaktiv", "radioaktive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "radioaktiven"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "radioaktiven" is [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "radioaktiven" come from?

"radioaktiven" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “radioaktiven”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is R-A-D-I-O-A-K-T-I-V-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “radioaktiver” - see the side-by-side comparison. radioaktiven vs radioaktiver
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Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.