psychoactif
\psi.kɔ.ak.tif\
The verdict
“psychoactif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui a un effet sur le système nerveux, sur la psyché, qui peut modifier l’état psychique d’un individu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-psychoactif · psychoactif · French
psychoactif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychoactif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \psi.kɔ.ak.tif\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « psychoactif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
psychoactif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \psi.kɔ.ak.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a un effet sur le système nerveux, sur la psyché, qui peut modifier l’état psychique d’un individu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for psychoactif, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 psychoactif, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-A-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui a un effet sur le système nerveux, sur la psyché, qui peut modifier l’état psychique d’un individu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how psychoactif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains médicaments ont des effets secondaires psychoactifs.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.