distinctifs
\dis.tɛ̃k.tif\
The verdict
“distinctifs” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,465
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de distinctif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distinctifs · distinctifs · French
distinctifs · rank #35,465 · 18 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,465
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH distinctement
Nearest frequency peer: distinctement (-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 « distinctifs »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- discutées
discutées
64,539 corpus weight
- disséminati…
dissémination
64,538 corpus weight
- distincteme…
distinctement
64,537 corpus weight
- distinctifs
distinctifs
64,536 corpus weight
- distinguant
distinguant
64,535 corpus weight
- distinguées
distinguées
64,534 corpus weight
What this shows « distinctifs » 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 | distinctifs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.tɛ̃k.tif\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « distinctifs »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around distinctifs (IPA \dis.tɛ̃k.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,465 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de distinctif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for distinctifs, with forms such as "ddistinctifs", "disitnctifs", and "disstinctifs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "distincts", "distinction", "distinctive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is distinctifs, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-C-T-I-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de distinctif.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistinctifs
- disitnctifs
- disstinctifs
- disticntifs
- distincctifs
- distincitfs
- distinctfis
- distinctiffs
- distinctifss
- distinctisf
- distincttifs
- distinnctifs
- distintcifs
- distnictifs
- disttinctifs
- ditsinctifs
- dsitinctifs
- idstinctifs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distinctifs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).