intuitif

\ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\

/\ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“intuitif” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,065
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait appel à l’intuition, qui est automatique ou inné et ne fait pas ou peu appel à la raison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intuitif · intuitif · French

intuitif · rank #26,065 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,065
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH interdisait

Nearest frequency peer: interdisait (-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 « intuitif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « intuitif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intuitif vs intuition
78% similar
intuitif vs intuitive
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intuitif
PropertyValue
Headwordintuitif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,065
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intuitif »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).intuitifse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « interdisait » (#26,064), « inventent » (#26,066), « intellectuellement » (#26,063). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intuitif » est au #26,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around intuitif (IPA \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,065 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for intuitif, with forms such as "inntuitif", "intiutif", and "inttuitif". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intuition", "intuitive", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intuitif, spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait appel à l’intuition, qui est automatique ou inné et ne fait pas ou peu appel à la raison.
  2. 2
    Qui résulte de l’intuition.
  3. 3
    Qui fait appel au sens plutôt qu’au raisonnement ou à la mémoire de celui qui apprend.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how intuitif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette panoplie de données objectives et quantifiées permet de dépasser largement l’approche intuitive, pifométrique et incertaine qui reste la plus souvent celle de la psychologie historique.
  2. Elle est très intuitive dans ses jugements sur les gens.

Antonyms

contre-intuitifinintuitifraisonnéréfléchi

This word in other languages

intuitive(English)intuitiv(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntuitif
  • intiutif
  • inttuitif
  • intuiitf
  • intuitfi
  • intuitiff
  • intuittif
  • intutiif
  • inutitif
  • itnuitif
  • nituitif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intuitif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inntuitif1intiutif2inttuitif1intuiitf2intuitfi2intuitiff1intuittif1intutiif2
Edit distance from "intuitif"

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 "intuitif"?
"intuitif" is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\.
What does "intuitif" mean?
As an adjective, "intuitif" means: Qui fait appel à l’intuition, qui est automatique ou inné et ne fait pas ou peu appel à la raison.
What words are commonly confused with "intuitif"?
"intuitif" is commonly confused with "intuition", "intuitive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intuitif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intuitif" is \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intuitif" come from?
"intuitif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

infusion#26,055ignorons#26,045historia#26,039Helsinki#26,037

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

inaugurer11 variantshébreux11 variantshumbles11 variantsféroces11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list