constructif
\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.tif\
The verdict
“constructif” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,790
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tend vers un résultat positif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-constructif · constructif · French
constructif · rank #19,790 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,790
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH considérez
Nearest frequency peer: considérez (-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 « constructif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- concerner
concerner
80,214 corpus weight
- connection
connection
80,213 corpus weight
- considérez
considérez
80,212 corpus weight
- constructif
constructif
80,211 corpus weight
- contracter
contracter
80,210 corpus weight
- contrario
contrario
80,209 corpus weight
What this shows « constructif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constructif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.tif\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #19,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constructif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around constructif (IPA \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,790 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for constructif, with forms such as "cconstructif", "cnostructif", and "connstructif". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "construction", "constructive", "constructifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is constructif, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui tend vers un résultat positif.
- 2Relatif au constructivisme.
- 3Relatif à la construction (génie civil, architecture, technique, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how constructif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous accepterons de bonne grâce toute critique raisonnée et suggestion constructive de ceux qui auront bien voulu utiliser ce volume.
S’ils détestent les organisations pyramidales, les silos, les chefs control freak, ils veulent des manageurs qui fédèrent le collectif, en étant constructifs et attentifs à chacun.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconstructif
- cnostructif
- connstructif
- consrtuctif
- consstructif
- constrcutif
- constrructif
- construcctif
- construcitf
- constructfi
- constructiff
- constructtif
- construtcif
- consttructif
- consturctif
- contsructif
- cosntructif
- ocnstructif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of constructif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).