apéritifs
\a.pe.ʁi.tif\
The verdict
“apéritifs” is uncommon French (frequency #51,882 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,882
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de apéritif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aperitifs · apéritifs · French
apéritifs · rank #51,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,882
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH approchaient
Nearest frequency peer: approchaient (-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 « apéritifs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- applaudie
applaudie
48,122 corpus weight
- apposition
apposition
48,121 corpus weight
- approchaient
approchaient
48,120 corpus weight
- apéritifs
apéritifs
48,119 corpus weight
- arabi
arabi
48,117 corpus weight
- arrangeur
arrangeur
48,116 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apéritifs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apéritifs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pe.ʁi.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apéritifs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apéritifs is uncommon French at frequency #51,882 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pe.ʁi.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de apéritif.".
apéritifs has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 apéritifs, spelled A-P-É-R-I-T-I-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de apéritif.
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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