constitutive

\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\

/\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\/ adj

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The verdict

“constitutive” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,330
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de constitutif

Corpus desk

Index FR-constitutive · constitutive · French

constitutive · rank #36,330 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,330
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conservait

Nearest frequency peer: conservait (-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 « constitutive »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constitutive » 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).

constitutive vs constitutif
83% similar
constitutive vs constitution
83% similar
constitutive vs constitutifs
83% similar

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

Key facts for constitutive
PropertyValue
Headwordconstitutive
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\
Letters12
Frequency rank#36,330
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constitutive »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).constitutivese 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 « conservait » (#36,329), « construisit » (#36,331), « consanguinité » (#36,328). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constitutive » est au #36,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around constitutive (IPA \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,330 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de constitutif".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for constitutive, with forms such as "cconstitutive", "cnostitutive", and "connstitutive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "constitutif", "constitution", "constitutifs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is constitutive, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de constitutif

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette émergence, notons-le, oblige simultanément à désargumenter le stylistique, dans la mesure où on sort une pratique particulière et constitutive du discours rhétorique hors de sa portée pragmatique essentielle, la persuasion.
  2. Le 18 juillet 2024, s’est tenue la session constitutive du Parlement européen.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstitutive
  • cnostitutive
  • connstitutive
  • consittutive
  • consstitutive
  • constittuive
  • constittutive
  • constituitve
  • constitutiev
  • constitutivve
  • constituttive
  • constitutvie
  • constiuttive
  • consttitutive
  • consttiutive
  • contsitutive
  • cosntitutive
  • ocnstitutive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of constitutive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconstitutive1cnostitutive2connstitutive1consittutive2consstitutive1constittuive2constittutive1constituitve2
Edit distance from "constitutive"

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 "constitutive"?
"constitutive" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\.
What does "constitutive" mean?
As an adjective, "constitutive" means: Féminin singulier de constitutif
What words are commonly confused with "constitutive"?
"constitutive" is commonly confused with "constitutif", "constitution", "constitutifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constitutive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constitutive" is \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constitutive" come from?
"constitutive" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

coopérations#36,333conceptuelle#36,323comportaient#36,320dédoublement#36,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

excentriques18 variantsatmosphères18 variantsaccouchements18 variantsaccommodements18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list