gustative
\ɡys.ta.tiv\
The verdict
“gustative” is uncommon French (frequency #60,840 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,840
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gustatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gustative · gustative · French
gustative · rank #60,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,840
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gwendoline
Nearest frequency peer: Gwendoline (+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 « gustative »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grelots
grelots
39,164 corpus weight
- grillade
grillade
39,163 corpus weight
- gustative
gustative
39,161 corpus weight
- Gwendoline
Gwendoline
39,160 corpus weight
- gynécologiq…
gynécologique
39,159 corpus weight
- gâchées
gâchées
39,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gustative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gustative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡys.ta.tiv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gustative » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gustative is uncommon French at frequency #60,840 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡys.ta.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de gustatif.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gustative in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gustative, spelled G-U-S-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de gustatif.
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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