inventives

\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\

/\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\/ adj

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The verdict

“inventives” is uncommon French (frequency #92,869 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,869
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de inventif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inventives · inventives · French

inventives · rank #92,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,869
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inviterait

Nearest frequency peer: inviterait (+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 « inventives »

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 « inventives » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inventives
PropertyValue
Headwordinventives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inventives » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « inviterait » (#92,870), « intersectionnalité » (#92,867), « irritables » (#92,872). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inventives » est au #92,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inventives is uncommon French at frequency #92,869 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de inventif.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inventives, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inventives, spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de inventif.

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 "inventives"?
"inventives" is spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\.
What does "inventives" mean?
As an adjective, "inventives" means: Féminin pluriel de inventif.
How do you pronounce "inventives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inventives" is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inventives" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inviterait#92,870irritables#92,872intendante#92,865inspectent#92,864

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list