addictives

\a.dik.tiv\

/\a.dik.tiv\/ adj

The verdict

“addictives” is uncommon French (frequency #72,884 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,884
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif addictif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-addictives · addictives · French

addictives · rank #72,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,884
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acérés

Nearest frequency peer: acérés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « addictives »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « addictives » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for addictives
PropertyValue
Headwordaddictives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.dik.tiv\
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « addictives » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.addictivestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « acérés » (#72,883), « adhérez » (#72,885), « acquittées » (#72,882). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « addictives » est au #72,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

addictives is uncommon French at frequency #72,884 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.dik.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif addictif.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for addictives in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is addictives, spelled A-D-D-I-C-T-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif addictif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 2018, près de 22 % des répondants de l’enquête EROPP de l’Observatoire français des drogues et des tendances addictives citaient spontanément le tabac comme une drogue.

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 "addictives"?
"addictives" is spelled A-D-D-I-C-T-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dik.tiv\.
What does "addictives" mean?
As an adjective, "addictives" means: Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif addictif.
How do you pronounce "addictives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "addictives" is \a.dik.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "addictives" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list