privatives
\pʁi.va.tiv\
The verdict
“privatives” is uncommon French (frequency #71,818 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,818
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de privatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-privatives · privatives · French
privatives · rank #71,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,818
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH promptitude
Nearest frequency peer: promptitude (+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 « privatives »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- poussoir
poussoir
28,187 corpus weight
- pressentis
pressentis
28,185 corpus weight
- privatives
privatives
28,183 corpus weight
- promptitude
promptitude
28,182 corpus weight
- propulsant
propulsant
28,181 corpus weight
- prostatique
prostatique
28,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « privatives » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | privatives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁi.va.tiv\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « privatives » en français
Rare enough to double-check
privatives is uncommon French at frequency #71,818 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁi.va.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de privatif.".
privatives doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is privatives, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de privatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how privatives appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Refaites à neuf, les 19 chambres (salles de bains privatives) de pub à l’étage sont épatantes : linge de lit luxueux, miniréfrigérateurs et grandes TV dans un cadre tout de cuir et de granit.
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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