radieux
\ʁa.djø\
The verdict
“radieux” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,436
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est rayonnant, brillant, qui émet des rayons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-radieux · radieux · French
radieux · rank #21,436 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,436
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH randonnées
Nearest frequency peer: randonnées (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « radieux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Périgord
Périgord
78,568 corpus weight
- quantitative
quantitative
78,567 corpus weight
- radieux
radieux
78,565 corpus weight
- randonnées
randonnées
78,564 corpus weight
- recevons
recevons
78,563 corpus weight
- reconnaissez
reconnaissez
78,562 corpus weight
What this shows « radieux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | radieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁa.djø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « radieux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around radieux (IPA \ʁa.djø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,436 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for radieux, with forms such as "ardieux", "raddieux", and "radeiux". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Rieux", "rageux", "radium", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is radieux, spelled R-A-D-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est rayonnant, brillant, qui émet des rayons.
- 2Qui reflète le bonheur, la satisfaction.
- 3Qui est riche de promesses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how radieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En ce moment le soleil apparut radieux à l’horizon, dissipant les ténèbres et illuminant la prairie de sa magnifique et vivifiante lumière.
Bientôt l'astre radieux qui avait paru un moment indécis, reprit majestueusement sa course ascendante; […]. Le soleil qui quelques minutes avant était rouge cramoisi, était devenu d'un jaune vif, et les rayons d'or qu'il dardait étaient si flamboyants que l'œil en était ébloui ; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ardieux
- raddieux
- radeiux
- radieuxx
- radiexu
- radiuex
- raideux
- rdaieux
- rradieux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of radieux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).