performative
The verdict
“performative” is uncommon French (frequency #99,471 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,471
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de performatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-performative · performative · French
performative · rank #99,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,471
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pencherai
Nearest frequency peer: pencherai (-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 « performative »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- particulaire
particulaire
536 corpus weight
- patrouillait
patrouillait
535 corpus weight
- pencherai
pencherai
531 corpus weight
- performative
performative
530 corpus weight
- pesce
pesce
527 corpus weight
- peuchère
peuchère
526 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « performative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | performative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #99,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « performative » en français
Rare enough to double-check
performative is uncommon French at frequency #99,471 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de performatif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for performative in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is performative, spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de performatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how performative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans cette liste performative figurait un projet essentiel : suivre un stage Ceméa aux vacances de Pâques pour devenir une monitrice hors pair.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).