déductif
\de.dyk.tif\
The verdict
“déductif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui procède par déduction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deductif · déductif · French
déductif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | déductif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.dyk.tif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déductif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déductif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.dyk.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui procède par déduction.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for déductif, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 déductif, spelled D-É-D-U-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui procède par déduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déductif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La méthode déductive.
Les théories déductives.
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.