primitivité

\pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\

/\pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“primitivité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est primitif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-primitivite · primitivité · French

primitivité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for primitivité
PropertyValue
Headwordprimitivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « primitivité » en français

primitivitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

primitivité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui est primitif.".

primitivité has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 primitivité, spelled P-R-I-M-I-T-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est primitif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jeune Seïhi qui parlait ainsi avait attiré mon attention par la primitivité de ses traits et l’éclat sournois de ses grands yeux fauves.
  2. Le bonhomme devint un « psychosynthétique ». Il fixait le rêve, inscrivait la pensée et se rattachait, par dessus les âges, à la primitivité fraîche et sublime des amateurs d'écorces d'arbres.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "primitivité"?
"primitivité" is spelled P-R-I-M-I-T-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\.
What does "primitivité" mean?
As a noun, "primitivité" means: État de ce qui est primitif.
How do you pronounce "primitivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primitivité" is \pʁi.mi.ti.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primitivité" come from?
"primitivité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list