nucléon
\ny.kle.ɔ̃\
The verdict
“nucléon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Particule qui est un composant du noyau atomique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nucleon · nucléon · French
nucléon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nucléon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ny.kle.ɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nucléon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nucléon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.kle.ɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nucléon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nucléon, spelled N-U-C-L-É-O-N.
Definition
- 1Particule qui est un composant du noyau atomique.
- 2Petit morceau de nacre que l’on insère dans une huître pour provoquer la formation d’une perle.
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