initiatrice

\i.ni.sja.tʁis\

/\i.ni.sja.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“initiatrice” is uncommon French (frequency #63,845 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,845
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui enseigne le premier aux autres une chose qu’ils ignorent ou qui ouvre une voie nouvelle dans une des connaissances humaines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-initiatrice · initiatrice · French

initiatrice · rank #63,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,845
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH initiant

Nearest frequency peer: initiant (-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 « initiatrice »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for initiatrice
PropertyValue
Headwordinitiatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ni.sja.tʁis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « initiatrice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.initiatricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « initiant » (#63,844), « injouable » (#63,846), « informait » (#63,843). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « initiatrice » est au #63,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

initiatrice is uncommon French at frequency #63,845 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ni.sja.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for initiatrice, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is initiatrice, spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui enseigne le premier aux autres une chose qu’ils ignorent ou qui ouvre une voie nouvelle dans une des connaissances humaines.
  2. 2
    Celle qui est à l’origine de quelque chose.

This word in other languages

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 "initiatrice"?
"initiatrice" is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ni.sja.tʁis\.
What does "initiatrice" mean?
As a noun, "initiatrice" means: Celle qui enseigne le premier aux autres une chose qu’ils ignorent ou qui ouvre une voie nouvelle dans une des connaissances humaines.
How do you pronounce "initiatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "initiatrice" is \i.ni.sja.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "initiatrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list