additional
\adit͡si̯oˈnaːl\
The verdict
“additional” is uncommon French (frequency #69,568 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,568
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Additionnel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-additional · additional · French
additional · rank #69,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,568
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH accéléra
Nearest frequency peer: accéléra (-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 « additional »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- abysse
abysse
30,436 corpus weight
- ACAB
ACAB
30,435 corpus weight
- accéléra
accéléra
30,434 corpus weight
- additional
additional
30,433 corpus weight
- adem
adem
30,432 corpus weight
- affaisse
affaisse
30,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « additional » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | additional |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \adit͡si̯oˈnaːl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « additional » en français
Rare enough to double-check
additional is uncommon French at frequency #69,568 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \adit͡si̯oˈnaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Additionnel.".
additional has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is additional, spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Additionnel.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).