approximatives
\a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\
The verdict
“approximatives” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,917
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de approximatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-approximatives · approximatives · French
approximatives · rank #48,917 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,917
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apostrophes
Nearest frequency peer: apostrophes (-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 « approximatives »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- antioxydants
antioxydants
51,087 corpus weight
- apitoyer
apitoyer
51,086 corpus weight
- apostrophes
apostrophes
51,085 corpus weight
- approximati…
approximatives
51,084 corpus weight
- apu
apu
51,083 corpus weight
- Aramis
Aramis
51,082 corpus weight
What this shows « approximatives » 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 | approximatives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #48,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « approximatives »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around approximatives (IPA \a.pʁɔk.si.ma.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,917 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de approximatif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for approximatives, with forms such as "apporximatives", "approixmatives", and "approxiamtives". 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", "approximations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is approximatives, spelled A-P-P-R-O-X-I-M-A-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de approximatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how approximatives appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En réalité, les nuits étoilées n’ont aucun intérêt, si ce n’est, face aux filles successives et génériques, certaine légitimité à la déblatération d’approximatives théories sur la fuite de l’univers que nous leur récitons pour les arnaquer, le but étant moins de rappeler sur un bout de plage mazoutée la valeur de la constante de Planck, que d'attirer l’at…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apporximatives
- approixmatives
- approxiamtives
- approximaitves
- approximatievs
- approximativess
- approximativse
- approximativves
- approximattives
- approximatvies
- approximmatives
- approximtaives
- approxmiatives
- approxximatives
- apprroximatives
- apprxoimatives
- aproximatives
- aprpoximatives
- paproximatives
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of approximatives - 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 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).