directionnel
\di.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“directionnel” is uncommon French (frequency #68,986 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,986
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui indique une direction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-directionnel · directionnel · French
directionnel · rank #68,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,986
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dihydrogène
Nearest frequency peer: dihydrogène (-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 « directionnel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dictatoriale
dictatoriale
31,018 corpus weight
- dihydrogène
dihydrogène
31,016 corpus weight
- directionnel
directionnel
31,015 corpus weight
- directionne…
directionnelle
31,014 corpus weight
- dirigerait
dirigerait
31,013 corpus weight
- discriminan…
discriminante
31,012 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « directionnel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | directionnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « directionnel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
directionnel is uncommon French at frequency #68,986 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for directionnel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is directionnel, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui indique une direction.
- 2Orienté vers un point précis ou orientable vers un ensemble de points.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how directionnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une flèche directionnelle, peinte sur la chaussée.
Un radar, un émetteur directionnel.
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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