approximatif
\a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tif\
The verdict
“approximatif” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,202
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est fait par approximation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-approximatif · approximatif · French
approximatif · rank #25,202 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,202
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH approfondies
Nearest frequency peer: approfondies (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « approximatif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- anormalement
anormalement
74,802 corpus weight
- approcha
approcha
74,801 corpus weight
- approfondies
approfondies
74,800 corpus weight
- approximatif
approximatif
74,799 corpus weight
- appréciées
appréciées
74,798 corpus weight
- arch
arch
74,797 corpus weight
What this shows « approximatif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | approximatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tif\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #25,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approximatif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around approximatif (IPA \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,202 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for approximatif, with forms such as "apporximatif", "approixmatif", and "approxiamtif". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "approximative", "approximation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 approximatif, spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui est fait par approximation.
- 2Qui n'est pas absolu ou exact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how approximatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma route pour y parvenir, me faisait passer entre les atolls de Nihiru et de Taenga, distants seulement de vingt milles, et dont la position marquée sur la carte était approximative.
Calcul approximatif. — Estimation approximative.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apporximatif
- approixmatif
- approxiamtif
- approximaitf
- approximatfi
- approximatiff
- approximattif
- approximmatif
- approximtaif
- approxmiatif
- approxximatif
- apprroximatif
- apprxoimatif
- aproximatif
- aprpoximatif
- paproximatif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approximatif - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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