intransitif
\ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tif\
The verdict
“intransitif” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (sens grammatical discuté) Qualifie un verbe, ou l’emploi d’un verbe, qui n’accepte pas de complément d’objet direct.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intransitif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tif\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intransitif” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intransitif is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tif\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for intransitif, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 intransitif, spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1(sens grammatical discuté) Qualifie un verbe, ou l’emploi d’un verbe, qui n’accepte pas de complément d’objet direct.
- 2Qualifie un verbe qui ne régit aucun complément, dont la valence n'implique que le sujet.
- 3Dans les langues inuites et yupikes, se dit d’un verbe dont la conjugaison utilise des désinences n’impliquant que le sujet (uniactancielles), le verbe en question pouvant très bien accepter un complément d’objet direct.
- 4Se dit d’une relation R telle que : si (x R y) et si (y R z), alors (x R z) est obligatoirement faux.
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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.
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Using “intransitif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.