cadmium 106

/\kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\/ noun

The verdict

“cadmium 106” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Isotope naturel du cadmium, stable du point de vue observationnel, de nombre de masse 106, de symbole 106 48Cd ; cet isotope serait issu de la désintégration β⁻ théorique de l’argent 106 — 106 47Ag.

Key facts for cadmium 106
PropertyValue
Headwordcadmium 106
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cadmium 106” sits in French frequency

cadmium 106 falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cadmium 106 is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Isotope naturel du cadmium, stable du point de vue observationnel, de nombre de masse 106, de symbole 106 48Cd ; cet isotope serait issu de la désintégration β⁻ théorique de l’argent 106 — 106 47Ag.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cadmium 106 in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cadmium 106, spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M- -1-0-6, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Isotope naturel du cadmium, stable du point de vue observationnel, de nombre de masse 106, de symbole 106 48Cd ; cet isotope serait issu de la désintégration β⁻ théorique de l’argent 106 — 106 47Ag.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadmium 106"?
"cadmium 106" is spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M- -1-0-6. The IPA pronunciation is \kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\.
What does "cadmium 106" mean?
As a noun, "cadmium 106" means: Isotope naturel du cadmium, stable du point de vue observationnel, de nombre de masse 106, de symbole 106 48Cd ; cet isotope serait issu de la désintégration β⁻ théorique de l’argent 106 — 106 47Ag.
How do you pronounce "cadmium 106"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadmium 106" is \kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “cadmium 106”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-D-M-I-U-M- -1-0-6 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kad.mjɔm sɑ̃.sis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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