concessif
\kɔ̃.sɛ.sif\
The verdict
“concessif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui marque une concession, une restriction, une opposition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-concessif · concessif · French
concessif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concessif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɛ.sif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « concessif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
concessif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.sɛ.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui marque une concession, une restriction, une opposition.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for concessif, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is concessif, spelled C-O-N-C-E-S-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui marque une concession, une restriction, une opposition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how concessif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une proposition subordonnée concessive.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.