obstructive
\ɔp.stʁyk.tiv\
The verdict
“obstructive” is an uncommon French word, ranked #86,971 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #86,971
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de obstructif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstructive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔp.stʁyk.tiv\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obstructive” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for obstructive is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔp.stʁyk.tiv\. Corpus data places it at rank #86,971 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de obstructif.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obstructive, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is obstructive, spelled O-B-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de obstructif.
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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Using “obstructive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-B-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔp.stʁyk.tiv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.