adjectif numéral
\ad.ʒɛk.tif ny.me.ʁal\
The verdict
“adjectif numéral” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot qui précise la quantité numérique de ce qui est exprimé par un nom (adjectif numéral cardinal) ou son rang, son ordre dans une série (adjectif numéral ordinal) : les premiers fonctionnent comme...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adjectif numéral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ad.ʒɛk.tif ny.me.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adjectif numéral” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for adjectif numéral is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ad.ʒɛk.tif ny.me.ʁal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mot qui précise la quantité numérique de ce qui est exprimé par un nom (adjectif numéral cardinal) ou son rang, son ordre dans une série (adjectif numéral ordinal) : les premiers fonctionnent comme...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adjectif numéral, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is adjectif numéral, spelled A-D-J-E-C-T-I-F- -N-U-M-É-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Mot qui précise la quantité numérique de ce qui est exprimé par un nom (adjectif numéral cardinal) ou son rang, son ordre dans une série (adjectif numéral ordinal) : les premiers fonctionnent comme des déterminants, les seconds comme des adjectifs qualificatifs.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is A-D-J-E-C-T-I-F- -N-U-M-É-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.