additif

\a.di.tif\

/\a.di.tif\/ adj

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“additif” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,230
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’ajoute, qui s’additionne, qui complète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-additif · additif · French

additif · rank #36,230 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,230
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accouchements

Nearest frequency peer: accouchements (-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 « additif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « additif » 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).

additif vs adoptif
71% similar
additif vs auditif
86% similar
additif vs addition
75% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « additif »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accouchements » (#36,229), « adhérentes » (#36,231), « accommodements » (#36,228). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « additif » est au #36,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around additif (IPA \a.di.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,230 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for additif, with forms such as "addiitf", "additfi", and "additiff". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adoptif", "auditif", "addition", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is additif, spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-F.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Reportez-vous à ma note additive.
  2. La fabrication additive consiste à reconstituer un objet 3D, intérieur comme extérieur, et de forme plus ou moins complexe, couche par couche, à partir d’un fichier numérique.

This word in other languages

additive(English)aditivo(Español)additiv(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addiitf
  • additfi
  • additiff
  • addittif
  • addtiif
  • adidtif
  • aditif
  • daditif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of additif - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

addiitf2additfi2additiff1addittif1addtiif2adidtif2aditif1daditif2
Edit distance from "additif"

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 "additif"?
"additif" is spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \a.di.tif\.
What does "additif" mean?
As an adjective, "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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aliéner#36,236allouée#36,237évoluée#36,222étalent#36,219

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

alegre8 variantsépars8 variantségarée8 variantsassommer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list