positron
\po.zi.tʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“positron” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antiparticule associée à l'électron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-positron · positron · French
positron · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | positron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.zi.tʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
positron is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.zi.tʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antiparticule associée à l'électron.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for positron, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is positron, spelled P-O-S-I-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Antiparticule associée à l'électron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how positron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le positron fut la première antiparticule à être découverte, par Carl Anderson en 1932.
Plus récemment, une étude intrigante en tomographie par émission de positrons (PET) a rapporté une diminution de la liaison au récepteur 5-HT1A dans le raphé et dans l’hippocampeamygdale de patients déprimés, […].
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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.