inhibitif
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The verdict
“inhibitif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de inhibiteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inhibitif · inhibitif · French
inhibitif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inhibitif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.ni.bi.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inhibitif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inhibitif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.ni.bi.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de inhibiteur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inhibitif, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inhibitif, spelled I-N-H-I-B-I-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de inhibiteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhibitif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans lʼapprentissage massé, il se développe au niveau de chaque syllabe un potentiel inhibitif qui tend à neutraliser le potentiel excitatif.
Cette influence est inhibitive ou modératrice de celle exercée par les autres fibres nerveuses.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.