communicatif

\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\

/\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\/ adj

The verdict

“communicatif” is uncommon French (frequency #52,578 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,578
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-communicatif · communicatif · French

communicatif · rank #52,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,578
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commotions

Nearest frequency peer: commotions (-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 « communicatif »

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 « communicatif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for communicatif
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunicatif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « communicatif » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.communicatiftombe 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: « commotions » (#52,577), « complaisants » (#52,579), « collignon » (#52,576). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « communicatif » est au #52,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

communicatif is uncommon French at frequency #52,578 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for communicatif in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 communicatif, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se communique facilement.
  2. 2
    Qui aime à communiquer, à faire part aux autres de ses pensées, de ses connaissances, de ses lumières.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gloussements, pouffements, puis les rires finissent par éclater. Forcés, produits artificiellement, ils n'en sont pas moins communicatifs.
  2. Dans le cadre des animations d’été à l’Ehpad Saint-Vincent Lannouchen, mercredi, l’heure était à la musique, et on peut dire qu’il était difficile de résister à l’énergie et au tonus communicatifs de l’accordéoniste Jean-Luc Prat, venu de Trégastel (22), pour animer l’après-midi en chansons.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "communicatif"?
"communicatif" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\.
What does "communicatif" mean?
As an adjective, "communicatif" means: Qui se communique facilement.
How do you pronounce "communicatif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communicatif" is \kɔ.my.ni.ka.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 "communicatif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list