explicatif
\ɛks.pli.ka.tif\
The verdict
“explicatif” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,955
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui explique le sens de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-explicatif · explicatif · French
explicatif · rank #31,955 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,955
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exaltation
Nearest frequency peer: exaltation (-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 « explicatif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- encyclopédi…
encyclopédique
68,050 corpus weight
- EnR
EnR
68,049 corpus weight
- exaltation
exaltation
68,047 corpus weight
- explicatif
explicatif
68,046 corpus weight
- exégèse
exégèse
68,045 corpus weight
- Farah
Farah
68,044 corpus weight
What this shows « explicatif » 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 | explicatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.pli.ka.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #31,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « explicatif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around explicatif (IPA \ɛks.pli.ka.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,955 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui explique le sens de quelque chose.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for explicatif, with forms such as "epxlicatif", "exlpicatif", and "expilcatif". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "explication", "explicative", "explicatifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is explicatif, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui explique le sens de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how explicatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si donc le darwinisme, pas plus que le lamarckisme, ne nous éclairent sur l’origine des callosités, quelle hypothèse explicative nous reste-t-il ? La mutationniste, qui rallie aujourd’hui la pluralité des savants.
Durkheim lui-même était gêné par le taux de suicide extrêmement bas de l'Angleterre du XIXᵉ siècle. Une application rigide de son modèle explicatif ferait s'attendre pour cette masse exceptionnellement urbanisée qu'était le Royaume-Uni entre 1850 et 1900, à des taux d’autodestruction élevés. Or il n'en était rien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlicatif
- exlpicatif
- expilcatif
- explciatif
- expliactif
- explicaitf
- explicatfi
- explicatiff
- explicattif
- expliccatif
- explictaif
- expllicatif
- expplicatif
- exxplicatif
- xeplicatif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explicatif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "explicatif"?
What does "explicatif" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "explicatif"?
How do you pronounce "explicatif"?
What language does "explicatif" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "explicatif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).