cognitif

/\kɔ.ɲi.tif\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,489

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cognitif is anFrenchadj. It means: Se dit des processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance. Pronounced \kɔ.ɲi.tif\. Often confused with cognitive and cognitifs.

Key facts for cognitif
PropertyValue
Headwordcognitif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ.ɲi.tif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,489
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cognitif in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cognitif is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ɲi.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,489 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dit des processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cognitif, with forms such as "ccognitif", "cgonitif", and "coggnitif". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cognitive", "cognitifs", "cognition", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cognitif, spelled C-O-G-N-I-T-I-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit des processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccognitif,cgonitif,coggnitif,cogintif,cogniitf,cognitfi,cognitiff,cognittif,cognnitif,cogntiif,congitif,ocgnitif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cognitif

Misspelling Variants of "cognitif"

ccognitif9cgonitif8coggnitif9cogintif8cogniitf8cognitfi8cognitiff9cognittif9
Misspelling Variants of "cognitif"

Frequency rank: #23,489 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cognitif"?
"cognitif" is spelled C-O-G-N-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ɲi.tif\.
What does "cognitif" mean?
As an adj, "cognitif" means: Se dit des processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance.
What words are commonly confused with "cognitif"?
"cognitif" is commonly confused with "cognitive", "cognitifs", "cognition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cognitif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cognitif" is \kɔ.ɲi.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cognitif" come from?
"cognitif" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.