invective
\ɛ̃.vɛk.tiv\
The verdict
“invective” is uncommon French (frequency #50,911 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,911
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parole ou suite de paroles violentes et injurieuses contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-invective · invective · French
invective · rank #50,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,911
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH invasif
Nearest frequency peer: invasif (-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 « invective »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insinues
insinues
49,095 corpus weight
- intergouver…
intergouvernementale
49,094 corpus weight
- intrépides
intrépides
49,092 corpus weight
- invasif
invasif
49,091 corpus weight
- invective
invective
49,090 corpus weight
- irritants
irritants
49,089 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « invective » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | invective |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.vɛk.tiv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « invective » en français
Rare enough to double-check
invective is uncommon French at frequency #50,911 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.vɛk.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parole ou suite de paroles violentes et injurieuses contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose.".
invective doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is invective, spelled I-N-V-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Parole ou suite de paroles violentes et injurieuses contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how invective appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'orgueil espagnol cependant ne perd pas ses droits; il se trahit tantôt par des invectives, tantôt par des fictions également intéressées.
On n’a recours aux invectives que quand on manque de preuves. Entre deux controversistes, il y a cent à parier contre un, que celui qui aura tort se fâchera.
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.
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