noyau atomique
\nwa.jo a.tɔ.mik\
The verdict
“noyau atomique” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie centrale de l’atome constituée de protons et de neutrons, portant une charge positive et concentrant presque toute la masse de l'atome.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noyau atomique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nwa.jo a.tɔ.mik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “noyau atomique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for noyau atomique is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nwa.jo a.tɔ.mik\. 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: "Partie centrale de l’atome constituée de protons et de neutrons, portant une charge positive et concentrant presque toute la masse de l'atome.".
Zero misspellings are on record for noyau atomique in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 noyau atomique, spelled N-O-Y-A-U- -A-T-O-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Partie centrale de l’atome constituée de protons et de neutrons, portant une charge positive et concentrant presque toute la masse de l'atome.
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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- The one correct French spelling is N-O-Y-A-U- -A-T-O-M-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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