imaginative

\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\

/\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\/ adj

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The verdict

“imaginative” is uncommon French (frequency #60,870 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,870
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de imaginatif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imaginative · imaginative · French

imaginative · rank #60,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,870
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Illyrie

Nearest frequency peer: Illyrie (-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 « imaginative »

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 « imaginative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imaginative
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginative
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imaginative » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).imaginativetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Illyrie » (#60,869), « imbrication » (#60,871), « imposez » (#60,872). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imaginative » est au #60,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imaginative is uncommon French at frequency #60,870 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de imaginatif.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for imaginative, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imaginative, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de imaginatif.

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 "imaginative"?
"imaginative" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\.
What does "imaginative" mean?
As an adjective, "imaginative" means: Féminin singulier de imaginatif.
How do you pronounce "imaginative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imaginative" is \i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imaginative" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imbrication#60,871interarmées#60,882handicapant#60,849fétichistes#60,808

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list