exténuatif
\ɛk.ste.nɥa.tif\
The verdict
“exténuatif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui exténue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extenuatif · exténuatif · French
exténuatif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exténuatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.ste.nɥa.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
exténuatif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛk.ste.nɥa.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui exténue.".
exténuatif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is exténuatif, spelled E-X-T-É-N-U-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui exténue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exténuatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la tête du recueil des délits séparés, quelques titres se rapportant indistinctement à tous : circonstances, criminalisantes, justificatives, exemptives, exténuatives, aggravantes, ….
Mais si l’accès avec chaleur a lieu, sans que l’accès avec froid ait précédé, et qu’il soit suivi d’une sueur colliquative, d’une grande perte de forces, et d’une tendance à de fréquentes sueurs partielles exténuatives, alors on dit que la maladie est dégénérée en fièvre hectique, ce qui est le plus ordinaire au printemps.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.