uranium

\y.ʁa.njɔm\

/\y.ʁa.njɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“uranium” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,934
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 92 et de symbole U appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uranium · uranium · French

uranium · rank #9,934 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,934
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH tuée

Nearest frequency peer: tuée (-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 « uranium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « uranium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

uranium vs Uranus
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for uranium
PropertyValue
Headworduranium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.ʁa.njɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,934
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « uranium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.uraniumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tuée » (#9,933), « valley » (#9,935), « transformée » (#9,932). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « uranium » est au #9,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around uranium (IPA \y.ʁa.njɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,934 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for uranium, with forms such as "ruanium", "uarnium", and "urainum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Uranus", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is uranium, spelled U-R-A-N-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 92 et de symbole U appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
  2. 2
    Métal pur de cet élément, qui a l’aspect du fer et qui s’altère à l’air.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) d’uranium.
  4. 4
    Les isotopes ou alliages d’uranium, dans leur ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maxime Aubert, spécialiste de la datation, a identifié un dépôt de calcite qui s'est formé au-dessus de la fresque, puis a utilisé une méthode de datation par uranium pour affirmer que le dépôt était vieux de 45 500 ans.
  2. L’arsenal nucléaire de la Corée du Nord devient de plus en plus dangereux. Comme son sous-sol regorge d’uranium, elle est sans aucun doute en train d’accumuler de grandes réserves d’uranium enrichi.

This word in other languages

uranium(English)uranio(Español)Uran(Deutsch)urânio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ruanium
  • uarnium
  • urainum
  • uranimu
  • uraniumm
  • urannium
  • uranuim
  • urnaium
  • urranium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uranium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ruanium2uarnium2urainum2uranimu2uraniumm1urannium1uranuim2urnaium2
Edit distance from "uranium"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uranium"?
"uranium" is spelled U-R-A-N-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ʁa.njɔm\.
What does "uranium" mean?
As a noun, "uranium" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 92 et de symbole U appartenant à la série chimique des actinides.
What words are commonly confused with "uranium"?
"uranium" is commonly confused with "Uranus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "uranium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uranium" is \y.ʁa.njɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uranium" come from?
"uranium" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uranium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vilaine#9,938virtuel#9,939vitrine#9,941Édouard#9,945

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Vosges9 variantsremets9 variantsposées9 variantsconnaisse9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list