plutonium

\ply.tɔ.njɔm\

/\ply.tɔ.njɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“plutonium” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,474
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 94 et de symbole Pu appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plutonium · plutonium · French

plutonium · rank #26,474 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,474
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planifiée

Nearest frequency peer: planifiée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « plutonium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « plutonium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plutonium
PropertyValue
Headwordplutonium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ply.tɔ.njɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,474
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « plutonium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.plutoniumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « planifiée » (#26,473), « pointeur » (#26,475), « piquée » (#26,472). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « plutonium » est au #26,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around plutonium (IPA \ply.tɔ.njɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,474 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for plutonium, with forms such as "lputonium", "pllutonium", and "pltuonium". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 plutonium, spelled P-L-U-T-O-N-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 94 et de symbole Pu appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
  2. 2
    Métal pur de cet élément.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de plutonium.
  4. 4
    Autre nom du baryum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plutonium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le plutonium est non seulement radio-actif, mais chimiquement très toxique.
  2. Le plutonium-244 a une demi-vie de 80,8 millions d’années.

Synonyms

éka-samariuméka-osmiumespériumhespérium

This word in other languages

plutonium(English)plutonio(Español)Plutonium(Deutsch)plutónio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lputonium
  • pllutonium
  • pltuonium
  • pluotnium
  • plutnoium
  • plutoinum
  • plutonimu
  • plutoniumm
  • plutonnium
  • plutonuim
  • pluttonium
  • pplutonium
  • pultonium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plutonium - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lputonium2pllutonium1pltuonium2pluotnium2plutnoium2plutoinum2plutonimu2plutoniumm1
Edit distance from "plutonium"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plutonium"?
"plutonium" is spelled P-L-U-T-O-N-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.tɔ.njɔm\.
What does "plutonium" mean?
As a noun, "plutonium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 94 et de symbole Pu appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
What are common misspellings of "plutonium"?
Common misspellings include "lputonium", "pllutonium", "pltuonium", "pluotnium", "plutnoium". The correct spelling is "plutonium".
How do you pronounce "plutonium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plutonium" is \ply.tɔ.njɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plutonium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plutonium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

planifiée#26,473proclamée#26,482profitera#26,484prussiens#26,487

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prendrez13 variantsrationnels13 variantsmigraines13 variantsmaximales13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list