radiesthésie

\ʁa.dje.ste.zi\

/\ʁa.dje.ste.zi\/ noun

The verdict

“radiesthésie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté supposée de découvrir, grâce au pendule ou à la baguette de sourcier, ce qui est caché aux facultés normales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-radiesthesie · radiesthésie · French

radiesthésie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for radiesthésie
PropertyValue
Headwordradiesthésie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.dje.ste.zi\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « radiesthésie » en français

radiesthésiereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

radiesthésie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.dje.ste.zi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faculté supposée de découvrir, grâce au pendule ou à la baguette de sourcier, ce qui est caché aux facultés normales.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for radiesthésie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is radiesthésie, spelled R-A-D-I-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté supposée de découvrir, grâce au pendule ou à la baguette de sourcier, ce qui est caché aux facultés normales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La radiesthésie : véritable science ou pur charlatanisme ?
  2. Au point où vous en êtes de l’entraînement à la radiesthésie, une vérification s’impose.

Synonyms

rhabdomanciesourcellerie

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "radiesthésie"?
"radiesthésie" is spelled R-A-D-I-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.dje.ste.zi\.
What does "radiesthésie" mean?
As a noun, "radiesthésie" means: Faculté supposée de découvrir, grâce au pendule ou à la baguette de sourcier, ce qui est caché aux facultés normales.
How do you pronounce "radiesthésie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "radiesthésie" is \ʁa.dje.ste.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "radiesthésie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list