incisive
\ɛ̃.si.ziv\
The verdict
“incisive” is uncommon French (frequency #52,751 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,751
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dent de devant des mammifères, qui sont faites pour couper les aliments et notamment pour brouter chez les herbivores.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incisive · incisive · French
incisive · rank #52,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,751
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incisions
Nearest frequency peer: incisions (-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 « incisive »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- immigrées
immigrées
47,253 corpus weight
- immunisés
immunisés
47,252 corpus weight
- incisions
incisions
47,251 corpus weight
- incisive
incisive
47,250 corpus weight
- indemnisati…
indemnisations
47,249 corpus weight
- inoccupé
inoccupé
47,247 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « incisive » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incisive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.si.ziv\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incisive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incisive is uncommon French at frequency #52,751 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.si.ziv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dent de devant des mammifères, qui sont faites pour couper les aliments et notamment pour brouter chez les herbivores.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incisive in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incisive, spelled I-N-C-I-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Dent de devant des mammifères, qui sont faites pour couper les aliments et notamment pour brouter chez les herbivores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incisive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bel-Gazou est muette quand elle coud. Muette longuement, et la bouche fermée, cachant – lames à petites dents de scie logées au cœur humide d’un fruit – les incisives larges, toutes neuves. Elle se tait, elle… Écrivons donc le mot qui me fait peur : elle pense.
Ce soir là elle se fit douce et souriante, docile, […]. Et c'est au maximum de la turgescence, alors que le gonflement emplissait ses lèvres, qu'elle planta violemment ses incisives dans le sexe de son prédateur.
Synonyms
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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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