interrogative
\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.tiv\
The verdict
“interrogative” is uncommon French (frequency #73,258 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,258
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de interrogatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-interrogative · interrogative · French
interrogative · rank #73,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,258
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH interrogatif
Nearest frequency peer: interrogatif (-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 « interrogative »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intentionne…
intentionnelles
26,746 corpus weight
- interceltiq…
interceltique
26,745 corpus weight
- interrogatif
interrogatif
26,744 corpus weight
- interrogati…
interrogative
26,743 corpus weight
- intriguait
intriguait
26,742 corpus weight
- irrecevables
irrecevables
26,741 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « interrogative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interrogative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.tiv\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #73,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « interrogative » en français
Rare enough to double-check
interrogative is uncommon French at frequency #73,258 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de interrogatif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for interrogative in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 interrogative, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de interrogatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interrogative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encore faut-il s’entendre ici : la ruine de la philosophie est consommée lorsque la métaphysique étant déclarée morte et enterrée, la réflexion devient purement formelle ou seulement interrogative, puis totalement divagante.
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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