radier

/\ʁa.dje\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,992

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

radier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Plate-forme en béton, en pierre, en charpente, etc. sur laquelle on assoit un bâtiment. Pronounced \ʁa.dje\. Often confused with raie and radio.

Key facts for radier
PropertyValue
Headwordradier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.dje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,992
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of radier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for radier is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.dje\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,992 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for radier, with forms such as "ardier", "raddier", and "radeir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "raie", "radio", "rater", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is radier, spelled R-A-D-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plate-forme en béton, en pierre, en charpente, etc. sur laquelle on assoit un bâtiment.
  2. 2
    Plancher de charpente ou de maçonnerie sur lequel on établit dans l’eau les fondations des écluses, d’un pont, etc.
  3. 3
    Passage empierré ou bétonné au fond d’un cours d’eau temporaire de faible profondeur, permettant le passage des véhicules quand le courant n’est pas trop rapide. Très utilisé en Afrique aux passages de pistes, quand l’état d’érosion des berges, l’absence de relief, ou les moyens matériels ne permettent pas la construction d’un pont.
  4. 4
    Madrier de bois qui relie la proue à la poupe d'un bateau.
  5. 5
    Partie d'un cours d'eau peu profonde à écoulement rapide dont la surface est hétérogène au-dessus des graviers/galets ou des substrats de cailloux.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ardier,raddier,radeir,radierr,radire,rdaier,rradier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for radier

Misspelling Variants of "radier"

ardier6raddier7radeir6radierr7radire6rdaier6rradier7
Misspelling Variants of "radier"

Frequency rank: #41,992 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "radier"?
"radier" is spelled R-A-D-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.dje\.
What does "radier" mean?
As a noun, "radier" means: Plate-forme en béton, en pierre, en charpente, etc. sur laquelle on assoit un bâtiment.
What words are commonly confused with "radier"?
"radier" is commonly confused with "raie", "radio", "rater". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "radier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "radier" is \ʁa.dje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "radier" come from?
"radier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.