explosif
\ɛks.plo.zif\
The verdict
“explosif” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,378
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est relatif à l’explosion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-explosif · explosif · French
explosif · rank #12,378 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,378
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH excessif
Nearest frequency peer: excessif (-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 « explosif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- espion
espion
87,626 corpus weight
- eue
eue
87,625 corpus weight
- excessif
excessif
87,624 corpus weight
- explosif
explosif
87,623 corpus weight
- expéditions
expéditions
87,622 corpus weight
- extrémités
extrémités
87,621 corpus weight
What this shows « explosif » 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 | explosif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.plo.zif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « explosif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around explosif (IPA \ɛks.plo.zif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,378 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for explosif, with forms such as "epxlosif", "exlposif", and "expllosif". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "explosion", "explosifs", "explosive", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is explosif, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui est relatif à l’explosion.
- 2Qui produit l’explosion → voir explosible.
- 3Dont le son est une sorte de petite explosion → voir plosive.
- 4Qui produit des gaz.
- 5Sensationnel.
- 6Qui peut provoquer des réactions agressives.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how explosif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Étudier les phénomènes explosifs.
Substance explosive.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlosif
- exlposif
- expllosif
- exploisf
- explosfi
- explosiff
- explossif
- explsoif
- expolsif
- expplosif
- exxplosif
- xeplosif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explosif - 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).