limitatif
\li.mi.ta.tif\
The verdict
“limitatif” is uncommon French (frequency #99,293 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,293
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui limite, fixe ou précise les limites et par conséquent exclut le reste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limitatif · limitatif · French
limitatif · rank #99,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,293
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lilloises
Nearest frequency peer: Lilloises (-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 « limitatif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ligamentaire
ligamentaire
711 corpus weight
- liguer
liguer
710 corpus weight
- Lilloises
Lilloises
709 corpus weight
- limitatif
limitatif
708 corpus weight
- lipide
lipide
706 corpus weight
- lithographi…
lithographique
705 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « limitatif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limitatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.mi.ta.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limitatif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limitatif is uncommon French at frequency #99,293 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.mi.ta.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for limitatif in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is limitatif, spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui limite, fixe ou précise les limites et par conséquent exclut le reste.
- 2Bornes précises qui apportent une limitation, qui précisent les cas auxquels un texte de loi peut s’appliquer, qui restreignent des droits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limitatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrairement aux verbes d’activité, ces verbes ne peuvent pas être perfectivés, même avec un préfixe limitatif ou perduratif.
Assignat limitatif, disposition limitative. : Assignat, disposition dont l’objet est tellement déterminé que le légataire n’a rien à demander, à prétendre sur le surplus des biens du testateur.
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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