fakultativ
\ˌfakʊltaˑˈtiːf\
The verdict
“fakultativ” 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) - Optionnel, à option.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fakultativ · fakultativ · French
fakultativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fakultativ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌfakʊltaˑˈtiːf\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fakultativ is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌfakʊltaˑˈtiːf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Optionnel, à option.".
fakultativ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fakultativ, spelled F-A-K-U-L-T-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1Optionnel, à option.
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.