radix
/ˈɹeɪ.dɪks/noun
radix is spelled R-A-D-I-X: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, radix means “A root” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of radix is radixes or radices.
How many letters and syllables are in radix?
| Letters | 5: R-A-D-I-X |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is radix?
Radix appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce radix?
- /ˈɹeɪ.dɪks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-radix.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of radix
- radixes plural
- radices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does radix mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A root.
- 2
The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon
- 3
The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Radix in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does radix come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).