cognitif

\kɔ.ɲi.tif\

/\kɔ.ɲi.tif\/ adj

The verdict

“cognitif” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,489
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit des processus mentaux qui se rapportent à la connaissance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cognitif · cognitif · French

cognitif · rank #23,489 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,489
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commercialiser

Nearest frequency peer: commercialiser (+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 « cognitif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cognitif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cognitif vs cognitive
78% similar
cognitif vs cognitifs
89% similar
cognitif vs cognition
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cognitif »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cognitifse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « commercialiser » (#23,490), « Cluny » (#23,487), « communautarisme » (#23,491). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cognitif » est au #23,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cognitif (IPA \kɔ.ɲi.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,489 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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 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, "cognitive", "cognitifs", "cognition", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cognitif, spelled C-O-G-N-I-T-I-F.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'ensuit diverses sensations physiques (p. ex., rougissements, tremblements, transpiration) et une contre-performance des fonctions cognitives (p. ex., problèmes de concentration, trous de mémoire).
  2. Il est, bien sûr, difficile d’aborder ces questions et de proposer des réponses définitives. Non seulement parce qu’il est extrêmement ardu de porter un regard extérieur sur son monde mais aussi parce que les outils cognitifs que nous possédons, notre corps, nos sens, notre intelligence, ne sont pas faits pour analyser le monde, lui trouver une vérité, de…

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cognitif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccognitif1cgonitif2coggnitif1cogintif2cogniitf2cognitfi2cognitiff1cognittif1
Edit distance from "cognitif"

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 "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 adjective, "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list