imaginatives

\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\

/\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\/ adj

The verdict

“imaginatives” is uncommon French (frequency #99,213 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,213
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-imaginatives · imaginatives · French

imaginatives · rank #99,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,213
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ihrer

Nearest frequency peer: ihrer (-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 « imaginatives »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imaginatives
PropertyValue
Headwordimaginatives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « imaginatives » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.imaginativestombe 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: « ihrer » (#99,212), « immaculées » (#99,214), « immobilisent » (#99,215). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imaginatives » est au #99,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imaginatives is uncommon French at frequency #99,213 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de imaginatif.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for imaginatives, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is imaginatives, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de imaginatif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans le souvenir de la nuit, la marche hallucinante vers la Cité, l’homme-chien aux imaginatives prosopopées, l’arrivée sous le péristyle ; devant les bustes de Desault et de Bichat, l’accueil de l’interne : — pour les femmes en couche, c’est à Port-Royal.

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list