adjectifs

/\ad.ʒɛk.tif\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,437

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

adjectifs is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de adjectif. Pronounced \ad.ʒɛk.tif\. Often confused with affectifs and adjectif.

Key facts for adjectifs
PropertyValue
Headwordadjectifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ad.ʒɛk.tif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,437
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for adjectifs is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ad.ʒɛk.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,437 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de adjectif.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for adjectifs, with forms such as "addjectifs", "adejctifs", and "adjcetifs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "affectifs", "adjectif", 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 adjectifs, spelled A-D-J-E-C-T-I-F-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de adjectif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addjectifs,adejctifs,adjcetifs,adjecctifs,adjecitfs,adjectfis,adjectiffs,adjectifss,adjectisf,adjecttifs,adjetcifs,adjjectifs,ajdectifs,dajectifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adjectifs

Misspelling Variants of "adjectifs"

addjectifs10adejctifs9adjcetifs9adjecctifs10adjecitfs9adjectfis9adjectiffs10adjectifss10
Misspelling Variants of "adjectifs"

Frequency rank: #23,437 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjectifs"?
"adjectifs" is spelled A-D-J-E-C-T-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ad.ʒɛk.tif\.
What does "adjectifs" mean?
As an adj, "adjectifs" means: Masculin pluriel de adjectif.
What words are commonly confused with "adjectifs"?
"adjectifs" is commonly confused with "affectifs", "adjectif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adjectifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adjectifs" is \ad.ʒɛk.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adjectifs" come from?
"adjectifs" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.