indicatif
\ɛ̃.di.ka.tif\
The verdict
“indicatif” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,487
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui indique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indicatif · indicatif · French
indicatif · rank #14,487 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,487
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incompatible
Nearest frequency peer: incompatible (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « indicatif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- history
history
85,517 corpus weight
- Hudson
Hudson
85,516 corpus weight
- incompatible
incompatible
85,515 corpus weight
- indicatif
indicatif
85,514 corpus weight
- infantile
infantile
85,513 corpus weight
- inondation
inondation
85,512 corpus weight
What this shows « indicatif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indicatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.ka.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indicatif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around indicatif (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ka.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,487 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for indicatif, with forms such as "idnicatif", "indciatif", and "inddicatif". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "indication", "indicative", "indicatifs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is indicatif, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui indique.
- 2Qui exprime l’état ou l’action d’une manière positive, certaine et absolue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how indicatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Loin de s'occuper des jappements indicatifs du chien, notre personnage se plaisait à suivre loisireusement le sentier tortueux dans lequel il marchait.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnicatif
- indciatif
- inddicatif
- indiactif
- indicaitf
- indicatfi
- indicatiff
- indicattif
- indiccatif
- indictaif
- inidcatif
- inndicatif
- nidicatif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indicatif - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).