oxydatif

\ɔk.si.da.tif\

/\ɔk.si.da.tif\/ adj

The verdict

“oxydatif” is uncommon French (frequency #89,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,996
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provoqué par ou autrement lié à des réactions d’oxydation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oxydatif · oxydatif · French

oxydatif · rank #89,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,996
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oxycodone

Nearest frequency peer: oxycodone (-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 « oxydatif »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for oxydatif
PropertyValue
Headwordoxydatif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔk.si.da.tif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,996
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « oxydatif » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « oxycodone » (#89,995), « ouïghour » (#89,994), « ouvrer » (#89,993). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oxydatif » est au #89,996. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oxydatif is uncommon French at frequency #89,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔk.si.da.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Provoqué par ou autrement lié à des réactions d’oxydation.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oxydatif, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oxydatif, spelled O-X-Y-D-A-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Provoqué par ou autrement lié à des réactions d’oxydation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oxydatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’importance de certains nutriments a été mise en évidence pour prévenir et traiter le vieillissement oculaire en luttant contre le stress oxydatif et ses radicaux libres, qui détériorent progressivement les cellules de l’œil et font le lit de la DMLA.
  2. Ils [les métaux] déclenchent alors un stress oxydatif qui détruit les cellules.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oxydatif"?
"oxydatif" is spelled O-X-Y-D-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.si.da.tif\.
What does "oxydatif" mean?
As an adjective, "oxydatif" means: Provoqué par ou autrement lié à des réactions d’oxydation.
How do you pronounce "oxydatif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oxydatif" is \ɔk.si.da.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oxydatif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list