adaptatif
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The verdict
“adaptatif” is an uncommon French word, ranked #55,716 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #55,716
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui s’adapte facilement, capable d’évoluer, de s’adapter ou de se modifier en conséquence.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adaptatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.dap.ta.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adaptatif” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for adaptatif is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.dap.ta.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #55,716 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for adaptatif, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is adaptatif, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui s’adapte facilement, capable d’évoluer, de s’adapter ou de se modifier en conséquence.
- 2Qui produit ou facilite une adaptation. Se dit d’un caractère morphologique, anatomique ou physiologique permettant à un organisme de s’adapter à des conditions de vie déterminées. Se dit de tout ce qui contribue à l’adaptation d’un organisme dans un milieu.
- 3Qualifie un système dont les sorties sont fonctions de l’historique des entrées.
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); 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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Using “adaptatif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.