directif
\di.ʁɛk.tif\
The verdict
“directif” is uncommon French (frequency #75,600 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,600
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui donne des directives, des directions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-directif · directif · French
directif · rank #75,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,600
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dioxine
Nearest frequency peer: dioxine (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « directif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dildo
dildo
24,404 corpus weight
- diorama
diorama
24,403 corpus weight
- dioxine
dioxine
24,402 corpus weight
- directif
directif
24,401 corpus weight
- disaster
disaster
24,400 corpus weight
- disjonction
disjonction
24,398 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « directif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | directif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.ʁɛk.tif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « directif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
directif is uncommon French at frequency #75,600 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.ʁɛk.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for directif in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is directif, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui donne des directives, des directions.
- 2Impératif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how directif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un style de management directif.
Antonyms
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); 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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