educational
\ˌɛdʒ.ʊ.ˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl\
The verdict
“educational” is uncommon French (frequency #67,483 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,483
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éducatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-educational · educational · French
educational · rank #67,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,483
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH EDP
Nearest frequency peer: EDP (-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 « educational »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- edelweiss
edelweiss
32,521 corpus weight
- EDP
EDP
32,519 corpus weight
- educational
educational
32,518 corpus weight
- effilées
effilées
32,517 corpus weight
- einem
einem
32,515 corpus weight
- elixir
elixir
32,514 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « educational » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | educational |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌɛdʒ.ʊ.ˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « educational » en français
Rare enough to double-check
educational is uncommon French at frequency #67,483 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌɛdʒ.ʊ.ˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for educational, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is educational, spelled E-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Éducatif.
- 2Instructif, pédagogique.
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).