extensif
\ɛk.stɑ̃.sif\
The verdict
“extensif” is uncommon French (frequency #57,947 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,947
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui étend, qui fait effort pour étendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extensif · extensif · French
extensif · rank #57,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,947
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH extasier
Nearest frequency peer: extasier (-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 « extensif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- existeraient
existeraient
42,058 corpus weight
- exodus
exodus
42,057 corpus weight
- expressionn…
expressionniste
42,056 corpus weight
- extasier
extasier
42,055 corpus weight
- extensif
extensif
42,054 corpus weight
- fabriquaient
fabriquaient
42,053 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « extensif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extensif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.stɑ̃.sif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extensif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extensif is uncommon French at frequency #57,947 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛk.stɑ̃.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for extensif, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 extensif, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui étend, qui fait effort pour étendre.
- 2Se dit d'une grandeur physique qui dépend de la quantité de matière présente dans l'échantillon, et mathématiquement représentée par une variable quantitative.
- 3Qui couvre tous les cas, en parlant du genre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extensif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien entendu, l’élevage extensif nécessite de vastes espaces : jusqu'à 10 hectares par tête de gros bétail. La zone sahélienne est peu peuplée. Entre Dakar et le Darfour, les habitants de ce « biome » ne dépassent pas vingt millions d'habitants, […].
Force, puissance extensive.
This word in other languages
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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