intuitif
\ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\
The verdict
“intuitif” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,065 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #26,065
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui fait appel à l’intuition, qui est automatique ou inné et ne fait pas ou peu appel à la raison.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intuitif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intuitif” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for intuitif is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,065 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Qui fait appel à l’intuition, qui est automatique ou inné et ne fait pas ou peu appel à la raison.
- 2Qui résulte de l’intuition.
- 3Qui fait appel au sens plutôt qu’au raisonnement ou à la mémoire de celui qui apprend.
Antonyms
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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.
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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Using “intuitif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-T-U-I-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.tɥi.tif\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “intuition” - see the side-by-side comparison. intuitif vs intuition
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.