déchet radioactif
\de.ʃɛ ʁa.djɔ.ak.tif\
The verdict
“déchet radioactif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objet ou matière contenant des substances radioactives, dont aucun usage ultérieur n’est envisagé et dont la radioactivité entraîne une gestion spécifique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déchet radioactif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʃɛ ʁa.djɔ.ak.tif\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déchet radioactif” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
déchet radioactif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ʃɛ ʁa.djɔ.ak.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objet ou matière contenant des substances radioactives, dont aucun usage ultérieur n’est envisagé et dont la radioactivité entraîne une gestion spécifique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déchet radioactif, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déchet radioactif, spelled D-É-C-H-E-T- -R-A-D-I-O-A-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Objet ou matière contenant des substances radioactives, dont aucun usage ultérieur n’est envisagé et dont la radioactivité entraîne une gestion spécifique.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “déchet radioactif”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-H-E-T- -R-A-D-I-O-A-C-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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