adaptif
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The verdict
“adaptif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à une adaptation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adaptif · adaptif · French
adaptif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | adaptif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.dap.tif\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adaptif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adaptif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.dap.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à une adaptation.".
adaptif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is adaptif, spelled A-D-A-P-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Relatif à une adaptation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adaptif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(Apostille attachée à la traduction de Kurt Heininger, Aging is a deprivation syndrome driven by a germ-soma conflict, Ageing Research Reviews, 1(3), 481-536, juin 2002) Faute d’adjectif en français pour désigner ce qui est relatif à une adaptation, j’utiliserai le mot « adaptif » à partir de l’anglais « adaptive », car l’adjectif « adaptatif » signifie q…
Synonyms
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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.