radioactivity
\ˌɹeɪ.di.oʊ.æk.ˈtɪv.ə.ti\
The verdict
“radioactivity” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Radioactivité, désintégration radioactive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-radioactivity · radioactivity · French
radioactivity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | radioactivity |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɹeɪ.di.oʊ.æk.ˈtɪv.ə.ti\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
radioactivity is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹeɪ.di.oʊ.æk.ˈtɪv.ə.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Radioactivité, désintégration radioactive.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for radioactivity in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is radioactivity, spelled R-A-D-I-O-A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Radioactivité, désintégration radioactive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how radioactivity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me Radioactivity Discovered by Madame Curie Radioactivity Tune in to the melody Radioactivity Is in the air for you and me — (Kraftwerk, chanson Radioactivity, 1975)
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.