allusif
\a.ly.zif\
The verdict
“allusif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui contient une allusion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allusif · allusif · French
allusif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allusif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.ly.zif\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « allusif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
allusif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ly.zif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui contient une allusion.".
allusif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is allusif, spelled A-L-L-U-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui contient une allusion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allusif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ton péremptoire et l’expression allusive me glacèrent. J’eus le pressentiment d’une discussion immédiate et violente.
Cette ambiguïté allusive est une réalisation du phénomène de l’intertextualité : elle fonctionne seulement si le récepteur dispose d’un bagage culturel suffisant.
This word in other languages
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.