appellatif
\a.pɛ.la.tif\
The verdict
“appellatif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un nom commun à toute une espèce, ou à tout un genre, par opposition à nom propre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appellatif · appellatif · French
appellatif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | appellatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɛ.la.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
appellatif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɛ.la.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
appellatif has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appellatif, spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un nom commun à toute une espèce, ou à tout un genre, par opposition à nom propre.
- 2Se dit de sons qui se marient bien ensemble, entre lesquels il semble y avoir une affinité
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how appellatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homme, arbre sont des noms appellatifs.
Le nom commun ou appellatif est celui qui convient à tout un genre, à toute une espèce; ainsi le mot arbre est un nom appellatif, parce qu’il comprend la classe des végétaux pourvus de qualités semblables qui les ont fait ranger sous cette dénomination.
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.