démonstratif
\de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\
The verdict
“démonstratif” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,762
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui démontre, qui sert à démontrer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | démonstratif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #39,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “démonstratif” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around démonstratif (IPA \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,762 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for démonstratif, with forms such as "ddémonstratif", "demonstratif", and "dméonstratif". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is démonstratif, spelled D-É-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui démontre, qui sert à démontrer.
- 2Qui a pour objet la louange ou le blâme de tel ou tel personnage dans un discours d’apparat, dans une oraison funèbre, etc.
- 3Qui sert à montrer.
- 4Qui donne des signes extérieurs d’affection, de bienveillance, d’intérêt, de zèle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddémonstratif
- demonstratif
- dméonstratif
- démmonstratif
- démnostratif
- démonnstratif
- démonsrtatif
- démonsstratif
- démonstartif
- démonstraitf
- démonstratfi
- démonstratiff
- démonstrattif
- démonstrratif
- démonstrtaif
- démonsttratif
- démontsratif
- démosntratif
- déomnstratif
- édmonstratif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démonstratif - 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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Using “démonstratif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.