qualificative
\ka.li.fi.ka.tiv\
The verdict
“qualificative” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,485
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Course qualificative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-qualificative · qualificative · French
qualificative · rank #39,485 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,485
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quinquennal
Nearest frequency peer: quinquennal (+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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « qualificative »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- punitive
punitive
60,520 corpus weight
- Purcell
Purcell
60,519 corpus weight
- qualificati…
qualificative
60,516 corpus weight
- quinquennal
quinquennal
60,515 corpus weight
- rabiot
rabiot
60,514 corpus weight
- rajeunit
rajeunit
60,512 corpus weight
What this shows « qualificative » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | qualificative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.li.fi.ka.tiv\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #39,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « qualificative »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around qualificative (IPA \ka.li.fi.ka.tiv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,485 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Course qualificative.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for qualificative, with forms such as "qaulificative", "qqualificative", and "quailficative". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "qualificatif", "qualification", "qualificatifs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is qualificative, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Course qualificative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how qualificative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une qualificative pour le championnat de France des mâles de 2 et 3 ans, c’était une première en Bretagne, plus spécialement à Lamballe où 44 sujets ont été présentés.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaulificative
- qqualificative
- quailficative
- qualfiicative
- qualifciative
- qualifficative
- qualifiactive
- qualificaitve
- qualificatiev
- qualificativve
- qualificattive
- qualificatvie
- qualificcative
- qualifictaive
- qualiifcative
- quallificative
- qulaificative
- uqalificative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of qualificative - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "qualificative", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).