radiesthésie
\ʁa.dje.ste.zi\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | radiesthésie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.dje.ste.zi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « radiesthésie » en français
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
- 1Faculté supposée de découvrir, grâce au pendule ou à la baguette de sourcier, ce qui est caché aux facultés normales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how radiesthésie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La radiesthésie : véritable science ou pur charlatanisme ?
Au point où vous en êtes de l’entraînement à la radiesthésie, une vérification s’impose.
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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.