persuasif
\pɛʁ.sɥa.zif\
The verdict
“persuasif” is uncommon French (frequency #59,530 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,530
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la force, le pouvoir de persuader.
Corpus desk
Index FR-persuasif · persuasif · French
persuasif · rank #59,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,530
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Phocéens
Nearest frequency peer: Phocéens (+2 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 « persuasif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- perforées
perforées
40,475 corpus weight
- persuasif
persuasif
40,471 corpus weight
- Phocéens
Phocéens
40,469 corpus weight
- phytothérap…
phytothérapie
40,468 corpus weight
- plaignantes
plaignantes
40,467 corpus weight
- plaisantait
plaisantait
40,466 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « persuasif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persuasif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.sɥa.zif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « persuasif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
persuasif is uncommon French at frequency #59,530 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛʁ.sɥa.zif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for persuasif in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is persuasif, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui a la force, le pouvoir de persuader.
- 2Qui a l’art, le talent de persuader.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how persuasif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous saurez trouver des arguments très percutants et vraiment persuasifs.
C’est que nous ne l’avons pas choisi, monsieur ; nous l’attendons depuis si longtemps et avec tant d’impatience ! dit doucement Marguerite en glissant encore du côté de l’officier un regard persuasif.
Synonyms
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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