approximative
\a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\
The verdict
“approximative” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,445
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de approximatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-approximative · approximative · French
approximative · rank #19,445 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,445
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH appellations
Nearest frequency peer: appellations (-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 « approximative »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- APL
APL
80,559 corpus weight
- appartenaie…
appartenaient
80,558 corpus weight
- appellations
appellations
80,557 corpus weight
- approximati…
approximative
80,556 corpus weight
- asso
asso
80,555 corpus weight
- astronomique
astronomique
80,554 corpus weight
What this shows « approximative » 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 | approximative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #19,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approximative »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around approximative (IPA \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,445 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de approximatif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for approximative, with forms such as "apporximative", "approixmative", and "approxiamtive". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "approximatives", "approximatif", "approximation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is approximative, spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de approximatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how approximative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. SAUTTER s’incline devant la grande expérience de M. Farcot ; il n’a pas eu la prétention de dire qu’avant M. Foucault personne n’eût tenté d’isochroniser le pendule de Watt : il connait et admire le régulateur à bras croisés ; mais ce n’est là qu’une solution approximative et obtenue avec des organes très-compliqués, tandis que celle de M. Foucault est…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apporximative
- approixmative
- approxiamtive
- approximaitve
- approximatiev
- approximativve
- approximattive
- approximatvie
- approximmative
- approximtaive
- approxmiative
- approxximative
- apprroximative
- apprxoimative
- aproximative
- aprpoximative
- paproximative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approximative - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).