radelier
\ʁa.də.lje\
The verdict
“radelier” 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) - (Bassin rhodanien) Batelier qui conduit un radeau de bois sur les cours d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-radelier · radelier · French
radelier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | radelier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.də.lje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
radelier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.də.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Bassin rhodanien) Batelier qui conduit un radeau de bois sur les cours d’eau.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for radelier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is radelier, spelled R-A-D-E-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1(Bassin rhodanien) Batelier qui conduit un radeau de bois sur les cours d’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how radelier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nemo avait bien compris que le radelier passerait la nuit sur son radeau, et qu’importe la pluie, le froid et tout ce qui pouvait mettre à rude épreuve un organisme tout empli de sa force naturelle.
Elle revoyait une photographie en noir et blanc reproduite dans le calendrier des postes punaisé autrefois sur le mur de la cuisine. Les radeliers transportant le bois flotté sur la Durance, de la forêt de Boscodon jusqu’à Avignon.
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.