définitive
\de.fi.ni.tiv\
The verdict
“définitive” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,861
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de définitif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-definitive · définitive · French
définitive · rank #5,861 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,861
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH engagée
Nearest frequency peer: engagée (+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 « définitive »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- demandait
demandait
94,144 corpus weight
- descend
descend
94,143 corpus weight
- distinguer
distinguer
94,142 corpus weight
- définitive
définitive
94,140 corpus weight
- engagée
engagée
94,139 corpus weight
- enregistrer
enregistrer
94,138 corpus weight
What this shows « définitive » 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 | définitive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.fi.ni.tiv\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « définitive »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around définitive (IPA \de.fi.ni.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,861 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de définitif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for définitive, with forms such as "ddéfinitive", "definitive", and "dféinitive". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "définitives", "définitif", "définition", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is définitive, spelled D-É-F-I-N-I-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de définitif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how définitive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Article 57 : Le permis urbain d’habiter est un titre de jouissance permanent délivré aux personnes physiques ou morales pour l’occupation des terres urbaines destinées à l’habitation avec possibilité d’aliénation définitive desdites terres dans les conditions déterminées par la présente loi.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéfinitive
- definitive
- dféinitive
- déffinitive
- défiintive
- définiitve
- définitiev
- définitivve
- définittive
- définitvie
- définnitive
- défintiive
- défniitive
- déifnitive
- édfinitive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of définitive - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).