élective
\e.lɛk.tiv\
The verdict
“élective” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,443
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de électif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elective · élective · French
élective · rank #49,443 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,443
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH électroménage…
Nearest frequency peer: électroménagers (+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 « élective »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ébénisterie
ébénisterie
50,562 corpus weight
- écliptique
écliptique
50,560 corpus weight
- élective
élective
50,558 corpus weight
- électroména…
électroménagers
50,557 corpus weight
- élongation
élongation
50,556 corpus weight
- émit
émit
50,555 corpus weight
What this shows « élective » 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 | élective |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.lɛk.tiv\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élective »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around élective (IPA \e.lɛk.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,443 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de électif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for élective, with forms such as "elective", "léective", and "éelctive". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exécutive", "election", "effective", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 élective, spelled É-L-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de électif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how élective appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes, je crois, tous d’accord d’imiter dans cette réunion — essentiellement amicale… mais entièrement libre — et qui ne préjudicie en rien à la grande réunion préparatoire où vous interpellerez les candidats, où vous pèserez leurs mérites… d’imiter, dis-je, les formes… constitutionnelles de la Chambre… élective.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elective
- léective
- éelctive
- élcetive
- élecctive
- élecitve
- électiev
- électivve
- électtive
- électvie
- életcive
- éllective
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élective - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).