hâtif
^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tif\
The verdict
“hâtif” is uncommon French (frequency #50,276 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,276
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui devance le temps, en parlant de ce qui est susceptible d’accroissement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hatif · hâtif · French
hâtif · rank #50,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,276
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperactif
Nearest frequency peer: hyperactif (-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 « hâtif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hurons
Hurons
49,728 corpus weight
- hydrologie
hydrologie
49,727 corpus weight
- hyperactif
hyperactif
49,726 corpus weight
- hâtif
hâtif
49,725 corpus weight
- hérissons
hérissons
49,724 corpus weight
- ICC
ICC
49,723 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hâtif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hâtif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tif\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hâtif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hâtif is uncommon French at frequency #50,276 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hâtif, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hâtif, spelled H-Â-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui devance le temps, en parlant de ce qui est susceptible d’accroissement.
- 2Qui est en avance.
- 3Qui produit avant le temps.
- 4Qui se développent plus tôt que l’espèce, en parlant de variétés de plantes, de fruits ou de fleurs.
- 5Qui hâte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hâtif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Croissance hâtive.
Esprit hâtif.
Antonyms
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.
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