excessif

\ɛk.sɛ.sif\

/\ɛk.sɛ.sif\/ adj

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The verdict

“excessif” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,377
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excessif · excessif · French

excessif · rank #12,377 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,377
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eue

Nearest frequency peer: eue (-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 « excessif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « excessif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

excessif vs exclusif
75% similar
excessif vs excessive
78% similar
excessif vs expressif
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for excessif
PropertyValue
Headwordexcessif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.sɛ.sif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,377
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excessif »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).excessifse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eue » (#12,376), « explosif » (#12,378), « espion » (#12,375). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excessif » est au #12,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around excessif (IPA \ɛk.sɛ.sif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,377 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for excessif, with forms such as "ecxessif", "exccessif", and "excesif". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exclusif", "excessive", "expressif", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is excessif, spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable.
  2. 2
    Se dit des personnes portées à l’excès.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how excessif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cependant, il convient de retenir que les honoraires du radiesthésiste ne doivent pas être excessifs, sans quoi il perdrait rapidement sa clientèle.
  2. L'aération de l'eau peut être maintenue au moyen de bulleurs. Il est conseillé de placer les bulleurs à des endroits où ils n'entraînent pas de stress excessif chez les têtards.

Synonyms

abusifdémesuréeffrénéexagéréextrêmehyperboliqueinsenséintempérant

This word in other languages

excessive(English)excesivo(Español)übertrieben(Deutsch)excessivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxessif
  • exccessif
  • excesif
  • excesisf
  • excessfi
  • excessiff
  • excsesif
  • execssif
  • exxcessif
  • xecessif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excessif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecxessif2exccessif1excesif1excesisf2excessfi2excessiff1excsesif2execssif2
Edit distance from "excessif"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excessif"?
"excessif" is spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sɛ.sif\.
What does "excessif" mean?
As an adjective, "excessif" means: Qui excède la règle, la mesure, le degré ordinaire ou convenable.
What words are commonly confused with "excessif"?
"excessif" is commonly confused with "exclusif", "excessive", "expressif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excessif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excessif" is \ɛk.sɛ.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excessif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "excessif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

explosif#12,378filiales#12,384einstein#12,369durement#12,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Géorgie10 variantsdraguer10 variantscrèche10 variantsjustine10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list