coercitif

\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\

/\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“coercitif” is uncommon French (frequency #62,872 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,872
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui contraint.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coercitif · coercitif · French

coercitif · rank #62,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,872
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH codeur

Nearest frequency peer: codeur (-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 « coercitif »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coercitif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for coercitif
PropertyValue
Headwordcoercitif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coercitif » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coercitiftombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « codeur » (#62,871), « collectiviste » (#62,873), « Cocody » (#62,870). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coercitif » est au #62,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coercitif is uncommon French at frequency #62,872 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for coercitif in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coercitif, spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui contraint.
  2. 2
    Qui renferme le droit de coercition.
  3. 3
    Qualifie la propriété qu’ont le fer et l’acier de résister à l’aimantation ou de la repousser quand ils l’ont reçue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coercitif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le Conseil souscrit aux orientations gouvernementales d’axer les interventions sur une approche incitative plutôt que coercitive.
  2. Le penseur tunisien Fadhel Ben Achour (1909-1970) dit qu’il y a dans les sociétés musulmanes une « orthodoxie » de masse, diffuse, mais extrêmement coercitive.

This word in other languages

coercive(English)coercitivo(Español)zwingend(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coercitif"?
"coercitif" is spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\.
What does "coercitif" mean?
As an adjective, "coercitif" means: Qui contraint.
How do you pronounce "coercitif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coercitif" is \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coercitif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list