démonstratif

/\de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,762

in French word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

démonstratif is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui démontre, qui sert à démontrer. Pronounced \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\.

Key facts for démonstratif
PropertyValue
Headworddémonstratif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\
Letters12
Frequency rank#39,762
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of démonstratif in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for démonstratif is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,762 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for démonstratif, with forms such as "ddémonstratif", "demonstratif", and "dméonstratif". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is démonstratif, spelled D-É-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui démontre, qui sert à démontrer.
  2. 2
    Qui a pour objet la louange ou le blâme de tel ou tel personnage dans un discours d’apparat, dans une oraison funèbre, etc.
  3. 3
    Qui sert à montrer.
  4. 4
    Qui 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for démonstratif

Misspelling Variants of "démonstratif"

ddémonstratif13demonstratif12dméonstratif12démmonstratif13démnostratif12démonnstratif13démonsrtatif12démonsstratif13
Misspelling Variants of "démonstratif"

Frequency rank: #39,762 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "démonstratif"?
"démonstratif" is spelled D-É-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\.
What does "démonstratif" mean?
As an adj, "démonstratif" means: Qui démontre, qui sert à démontrer.
What are common misspellings of "démonstratif"?
Common misspellings include "ddémonstratif", "demonstratif", "dméonstratif", "démmonstratif", "démnostratif". The correct spelling is "démonstratif".
How do you pronounce "démonstratif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démonstratif" is \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démonstratif" come from?
"démonstratif" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.