combinatoire
\kɔ̃.bi.na.twaʁ\
The verdict
“combinatoire” is uncommon French (frequency #51,969 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,969
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux combinaisons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-combinatoire · combinatoire · French
combinatoire · rank #51,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,969
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH colmater
Nearest frequency peer: colmater (-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 « combinatoire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cognée
cognée
48,035 corpus weight
- coliques
coliques
48,034 corpus weight
- colmater
colmater
48,033 corpus weight
- combinatoire
combinatoire
48,032 corpus weight
- concédées
concédées
48,030 corpus weight
- conditionné…
conditionnées
48,029 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « combinatoire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | combinatoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.bi.na.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « combinatoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
combinatoire is uncommon French at frequency #51,969 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.bi.na.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
combinatoire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is combinatoire, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-A-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux combinaisons.
- 2Agrégé, relatif aux combinaisons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how combinatoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'analyse combinatoire.
- On n’était pas censés avoir ce problème d’analyse combinatoire, la prof nous avait dit qu'on ne l’aurait pas et puis... je l’ai eu quoi.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).