radionucléide

\ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\

/\ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\/ noun

The verdict

“radionucléide” 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) - Nucléide radioactif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-radionucleide · radionucléide · French

radionucléide · 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.

Key facts for radionucléide
PropertyValue
Headwordradionucléide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « radionucléide » en français

radionucléidereste 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

radionucléide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nucléide radioactif.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for radionucléide, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is radionucléide, spelled R-A-D-I-O-N-U-C-L-É-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nucléide radioactif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La dispersion est tributaire surtout de la nature du radionucléide selon qu’il est conservateur ou non.

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 "radionucléide"?
"radionucléide" is spelled R-A-D-I-O-N-U-C-L-É-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\.
What does "radionucléide" mean?
As a noun, "radionucléide" means: Nucléide radioactif.
How do you pronounce "radionucléide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "radionucléide" is \ʁa.djɔ.ny.kle.id\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list