invasif

\ɛ̃.va.zif\

/\ɛ̃.va.zif\/ adj

The verdict

“invasif” is uncommon French (frequency #50,910 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,910
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à une invasion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-invasif · invasif · French

invasif · rank #50,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,910
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intrépides

Nearest frequency peer: intrépides (-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 « invasif »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « invasif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for invasif
PropertyValue
Headwordinvasif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.va.zif\
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,910
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « invasif » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.invasiftombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « intrépides » (#50,909), « invective » (#50,911), « irritants » (#50,912). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invasif » est au #50,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

invasif is uncommon French at frequency #50,910 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.va.zif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

invasif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is invasif, spelled I-N-V-A-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à une invasion.
  2. 2
    Qui a la propriété d’infiltrer et de détruire activement le tissu avoisinant.
  3. 3
    Destructeur, qui nécessite une opération.
  4. 4
    Qualifie des tumeurs ou des cellules tumorales capables de migrer pour envahir d’autres tissus.
  5. 5
    Se dit d’une espèce introduite dans un autre écosystème que son écosystème d’origine et le bouleverse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le caractère invasif de ces guerres.
  2. Désireux d’inciter la jeunesse hongkongaise à s’exprimer, il se donnait pour mission de protéger la démocratie de la politique invasive du Parti communiste chinois (PCC), qui a repris les rênes de Hong Kong en 1997, après cent ans de gouvernance britannique.

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This word in other languages

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 "invasif"?
"invasif" is spelled I-N-V-A-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.va.zif\.
What does "invasif" mean?
As an adjective, "invasif" means: Relatif à une invasion.
How do you pronounce "invasif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invasif" is \ɛ̃.va.zif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invasif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list