additif

/\a.di.tif\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,230

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

additif is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui s’ajoute, qui s’additionne, qui complète. Pronounced \a.di.tif\. Often confused with adoptif and auditif.

Key facts for additif
PropertyValue
Headwordadditif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.di.tif\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,230
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of additif in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for additif is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.di.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,230 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for additif, with forms such as "addiitf", "additfi", and "additiff". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adoptif", "auditif", "addition", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is additif, spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’ajoute, qui s’additionne, qui complète.
  2. 2
    Qui procède par addition, et non par soustraction.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un terme précédé du signe plus sous sa forme symbolique +.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’une fonction qui à tout couple de nombre appartenant à son domaine de définition, associe à la somme du couple une valeur égale à celle de la somme des valeurs qu’elle leur associe respectivement.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addiitf,additfi,additiff,addittif,addtiif,adidtif,aditif,daditif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for additif

Misspelling Variants of "additif"

addiitf7additfi7additiff8addittif8addtiif7adidtif7aditif6daditif7
Misspelling Variants of "additif"

Frequency rank: #36,230 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "additif"?
"additif" is spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \a.di.tif\.
What does "additif" mean?
As an adj, "additif" means: Qui s’ajoute, qui s’additionne, qui complète.
What words are commonly confused with "additif"?
"additif" is commonly confused with "adoptif", "auditif", "addition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "additif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "additif" is \a.di.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "additif" come from?
"additif" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.