réacteur nucléaire

\ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\

/\ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif permettant de produire des réactions de fission contrôlées.

Key facts for réacteur nucléaire
PropertyValue
Headwordréacteur nucléaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “réacteur nucléaire” sits in French frequency

réacteur nucléaire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

réacteur nucléaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif permettant de produire des réactions de fission contrôlées.".

Zero misspellings are on record for réacteur nucléaire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 réacteur nucléaire, spelled R-É-A-C-T-E-U-R- -N-U-C-L-É-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif permettant de produire des réactions de fission contrôlées.

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 "réacteur nucléaire"?
"réacteur nucléaire" is spelled R-É-A-C-T-E-U-R- -N-U-C-L-É-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\.
What does "réacteur nucléaire" mean?
As a noun, "réacteur nucléaire" means: Dispositif permettant de produire des réactions de fission contrôlées.
How do you pronounce "réacteur nucléaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réacteur nucléaire" is \ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réacteur nucléaire" come from?
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Using “réacteur nucléaire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-É-A-C-T-E-U-R- -N-U-C-L-É-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁe.ak.tœʁ ny.kle.ɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list