intuitive

/\ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,213

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

intuitive is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin singulier de intuitif. Pronounced \ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\. Often confused with intuitif and intuition.

Key facts for intuitive
PropertyValue
Headwordintuitive
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,213
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of intuitive in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for intuitive is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,213 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de intuitif.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for intuitive, with forms such as "inntuitive", "intiutive", and "inttuitive". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intuitif", "intuition", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is intuitive, spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de intuitif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inntuitive,intiutive,inttuitive,intuiitve,intuitiev,intuitivve,intuittive,intuitvie,intutiive,inutitive,itnuitive,nituitive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intuitive

Misspelling Variants of "intuitive"

inntuitive10intiutive9inttuitive10intuiitve9intuitiev9intuitivve10intuittive10intuitvie9
Misspelling Variants of "intuitive"

Frequency rank: #28,213 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intuitive"?
"intuitive" is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\.
What does "intuitive" mean?
As an adj, "intuitive" means: Féminin singulier de intuitif.
What words are commonly confused with "intuitive"?
"intuitive" is commonly confused with "intuitif", "intuition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intuitive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intuitive" is \ɛ̃.tɥi.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intuitive" come from?
"intuitive" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.