générative
\ʒe.ne.ʁa.tiv\
The verdict
“générative” is uncommon French (frequency #95,975 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,975
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de génératif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-generative · générative · French
générative · rank #95,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,975
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gémissent
Nearest frequency peer: gémissent (-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 « générative »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gust
gust
4,028 corpus weight
- gémissent
gémissent
4,027 corpus weight
- générative
générative
4,026 corpus weight
- géolocalisé…
géolocalisées
4,025 corpus weight
- géorgiques
géorgiques
4,024 corpus weight
- Haris
Haris
4,023 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « générative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | générative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒe.ne.ʁa.tiv\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « générative » en français
Rare enough to double-check
générative is uncommon French at frequency #95,975 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒe.ne.ʁa.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de génératif.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for générative in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is générative, spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de génératif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how générative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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