radix

noun

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The verdict

“radix” is an uncommon German word, ranked #82,020 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#82,020
frequency rank, German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wurzel einer Pflanze

Key facts for radix
PropertyValue
Headwordradix
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,020
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “radix” 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). radix lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for radix is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #82,020 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for radix, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is radix, spelled R-A-D-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wurzel einer Pflanze
  2. 2
    der Rettich, Radieschen
  3. 3
    der unterste Teil von etwas (zum Beispiel vom Zahn, den Haaren, Felsen et cetera)
  4. 4
    die Wurzel, der Grund, die Basis
  5. 5
    der Ursprung
  6. 6
    Wurzel/Stamm eines Wortes
  7. 7
    Wurzel (einer Zahl, beim Radizieren)
  8. 8
    funktionelle Gruppe
  9. 9
    Wurzel

This word in other languages

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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 "radix"?
"radix" is spelled R-A-D-I-X.
What does "radix" mean?
As a noun, "radix" means: Wurzel einer Pflanze
What language does "radix" come from?
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Using “radix”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is R-A-D-I-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list