expéditif
\ɛks.pe.di.tif\
The verdict
“expéditif” is uncommon French (frequency #55,953 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,953
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui expédie promptement les affaires, la besogne dont il est chargé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-expeditif · expéditif · French
expéditif · rank #55,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,953
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH explosée
Nearest frequency peer: explosée (-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 « expéditif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- expat
expat
44,051 corpus weight
- explosa
explosa
44,050 corpus weight
- explosée
explosée
44,049 corpus weight
- expéditif
expéditif
44,048 corpus weight
- extractions
extractions
44,047 corpus weight
- Ezequiel
Ezequiel
44,045 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « expéditif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expéditif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.pe.di.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « expéditif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
expéditif is uncommon French at frequency #55,953 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛks.pe.di.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui expédie promptement les affaires, la besogne dont il est chargé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for expéditif, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is expéditif, spelled E-X-P-É-D-I-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui expédie promptement les affaires, la besogne dont il est chargé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expéditif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et elles le sont, hyperdélicates, ces affaires, lorsque ce sont des affaires de famille dans une famille où, selon une fatalité qui ressemble à une loi, les femmes n’épousent jamais l’homme qu’elles aiment, lequel homme, devenu gênant, est physiquement éliminé de la façon la plus expéditive.
Cette route, malgré la justice expéditive du pacha, n’était pas sûre, et nous nous tenions prêts à tout événement.
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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