ambivalent
\ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“ambivalent” is uncommon French (frequency #54,389 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,389
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est doué d’ambivalence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ambivalent · ambivalent · French
ambivalent · rank #54,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,389
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amoindrie
Nearest frequency peer: amoindrie (+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 « ambivalent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Aguilera
Aguilera
45,616 corpus weight
- ajouterait
ajouterait
45,615 corpus weight
- ambivalent
ambivalent
45,612 corpus weight
- amoindrie
amoindrie
45,611 corpus weight
- Amstel
Amstel
45,610 corpus weight
- anche
anche
45,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ambivalent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambivalent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ambivalent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ambivalent is uncommon French at frequency #54,389 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ambivalent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ambivalent, spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est doué d’ambivalence.
- 2Qui a plusieurs valeurs, plusieurs propriétés, plusieurs comportements différents, contradictoires, voire opposés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambivalent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Étant donné la nature ambivalente du Corps des carabiniers du Chili (force de police et force constituant virtuellement une quatrième Arme), c'est par un double canal que se sont développées ses relations avec les États-Unis.
Les années quatre-vingt ont consacré l’enfant-roi mais aussi travaillé en profondeur les mentalités vers toujours plus d’individualisme, cet état ambivalent de l’autonomie et de l’hypersolitude.
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); 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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