normative
\nɔʁ.ma.tiv\
The verdict
“normative” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,888
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de normatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-normative · normative · French
normative · rank #40,888 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,888
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nightmare
Nearest frequency peer: nightmare (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « normative »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- nach
nach
59,117 corpus weight
- narguer
narguer
59,116 corpus weight
- nightmare
nightmare
59,114 corpus weight
- normative
normative
59,113 corpus weight
- Nothomb
Nothomb
59,112 corpus weight
- obligerait
obligerait
59,110 corpus weight
What this shows « normative » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | normative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɔʁ.ma.tiv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « normative »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around normative (IPA \nɔʁ.ma.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,888 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de normatif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for normative, with forms such as "nnormative", "nomrative", and "noramtive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "normatif", "narrative", "normalité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is normative, spelled N-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de normatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how normative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Šklovskij et ses amis s’élèvent contre l’idée d’une langue normative, comme par la suite Asmus s’élèvera contre l’idée d’une esthétique normative. Cette normativité simplificatrice est génératrice de schématisme.
Le problème semblait s’être effacé, quand Robbe-Grillet était apparu au téléphone pour lui demander son avis. « Vous ne pouvez pas publier ça. » Il n’avait pas aimé. Elle était agaçante à la fin. Normative, puritaine, conformiste. Pas un gramme de perversion; pas un gramme de fantaisie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnormative
- nomrative
- noramtive
- normaitve
- normatiev
- normativve
- normattive
- normatvie
- normmative
- normtaive
- norrmative
- nromative
- onrmative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of normative - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).