communicatif
\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\
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
- collatérale
collatérale
47,426 corpus weight
- collignon
collignon
47,425 corpus weight
- commotions
commotions
47,424 corpus weight
- communicatif
communicatif
47,423 corpus weight
- complaisants
complaisants
47,422 corpus weight
- compromissi…
compromissions
47,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « communicatif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | communicatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tif\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « communicatif » en français
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
- 1Qui se communique facilement.
- 2Qui aime à communiquer, à faire part aux autres de ses pensées, de ses connaissances, de ses lumières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how communicatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gloussements, pouffements, puis les rires finissent par éclater. Forcés, produits artificiellement, ils n'en sont pas moins communicatifs.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).