déclarative

\de.kla.ʁa.tiv\

/\de.kla.ʁa.tiv\/ adj

The verdict

“déclarative” is uncommon French (frequency #81,970 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,970
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-declarative · déclarative · French

déclarative · rank #81,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,970
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déchiqueter

Nearest frequency peer: déchiqueter (-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 « déclarative »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déclarative
PropertyValue
Headworddéclarative
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.kla.ʁa.tiv\
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déclarative » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déclarativetombe 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: « déchiqueter » (#81,969), « décollera » (#81,971), « dédicacés » (#81,972). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déclarative » est au #81,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déclarative is uncommon French at frequency #81,970 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.kla.ʁa.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de déclaratif.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for déclarative, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déclarative, spelled D-É-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de déclaratif.

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 "déclarative"?
"déclarative" is spelled D-É-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kla.ʁa.tiv\.
What does "déclarative" mean?
As an adjective, "déclarative" means: Féminin singulier de déclaratif.
How do you pronounce "déclarative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déclarative" is \de.kla.ʁa.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déclarative" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list