gustatif

\ɡys.ta.tif\

/\ɡys.ta.tif\/ adj

The verdict

“gustatif” is uncommon French (frequency #55,324 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,324
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport au goût.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gustatif · gustatif · French

gustatif · rank #55,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,324
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guinées

Nearest frequency peer: guinées (-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 « gustatif »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gustatif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gustatif
PropertyValue
Headwordgustatif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡys.ta.tif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gustatif » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gustatiftombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « guinées » (#55,323), « gustatives » (#55,325), « Guillotière » (#55,322). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gustatif » est au #55,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gustatif is uncommon French at frequency #55,324 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡys.ta.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport au goût.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gustatif in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gustatif, spelled G-U-S-T-A-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport au goût.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gustatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si l’agroalimentaire saupoudre autant de sel partout, c’est parce qu’il est à la fois un exhausteur de goût et un formidable moteur gustatif qui stimule l’appétit.
  2. Car, finalement, qu’est-ce qui différencie vraiment telle marque plutôt que telle autre ? Quel critère permettrait d’être sûr et certain de ne pas passer à côté de « la » moutarde, celle qui changera votre expérience gustative irrémédiablement ?

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gustatif"?
"gustatif" is spelled G-U-S-T-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡys.ta.tif\.
What does "gustatif" mean?
As an adjective, "gustatif" means: Qui a rapport au goût.
How do you pronounce "gustatif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gustatif" is \ɡys.ta.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gustatif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gustatif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list