défensives
\de.fɑ̃.siv\
The verdict
“défensives” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,626
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de défensif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defensives · défensives · French
défensives · rank #25,626 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,626
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décathlon
Nearest frequency peer: décathlon (-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 « défensives »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dual
dual
74,378 corpus weight
- duck
duck
74,377 corpus weight
- décathlon
décathlon
74,376 corpus weight
- défensives
défensives
74,375 corpus weight
- délibérée
délibérée
74,374 corpus weight
- dénoncée
dénoncée
74,373 corpus weight
What this shows « défensives » 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 | défensives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.fɑ̃.siv\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « défensives »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around défensives (IPA \de.fɑ̃.siv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,626 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de défensif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for défensives, with forms such as "ddéfensives", "defensives", and "dféensives". 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, "défenses", "défensive", "défensifs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is défensives, spelled D-É-F-E-N-S-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de défensif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how défensives appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’uti possidetis a été appliqué, lors de la décolonisation afin de déterminer les frontières des nouveaux États, pour ses vertus défensives en Amérique latine, pour ses propriétés stabilisatrices en Afrique.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéfensives
- defensives
- dféensives
- déefnsives
- défenisves
- défennsives
- défensievs
- défensivess
- défensivse
- défensivves
- défenssives
- défensvies
- défesnives
- déffensives
- défnesives
- édfensives
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of défensives - 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.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).