possessifs

\pɔ.se.sif\

/\pɔ.se.sif\/ adj

The verdict

“possessifs” is uncommon French (frequency #67,012 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,012
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de possessif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-possessifs · possessifs · French

possessifs · rank #67,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,012
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portoricaine

Nearest frequency peer: portoricaine (-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 « possessifs »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for possessifs
PropertyValue
Headwordpossessifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔ.se.sif\
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « possessifs » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « portoricaine » (#67,011), « poterne » (#67,013), « Portel » (#67,010). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « possessifs » est au #67,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

possessifs is uncommon French at frequency #67,012 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔ.se.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de possessif.".

No misspelling variants are generated for possessifs in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is possessifs, spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-F-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de possessif.

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 "possessifs"?
"possessifs" is spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.se.sif\.
What does "possessifs" mean?
As an adjective, "possessifs" means: Masculin pluriel de possessif.
How do you pronounce "possessifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "possessifs" is \pɔ.se.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list