radioaktives
[ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvəs]
The verdict
“radioaktives” is uncommon German (frequency #62,770 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,770
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | radioaktives |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvəs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “radioaktives” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
radioaktives is uncommon German at frequency #62,770 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌʁadi̯oʔakˈtiːvəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for radioaktives, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is radioaktives, spelled R-A-D-I-O-A-K-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs radioaktiv
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.
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Using “radioaktives”
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-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.