réceptive
\ʁe.sɛp.tiv\
The verdict
“réceptive” is uncommon French (frequency #51,102 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,102
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de réceptif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-receptive · réceptive · French
réceptive · rank #51,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,102
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réappropriati…
Nearest frequency peer: réappropriation (-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 « réceptive »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rouquine
rouquine
48,901 corpus weight
- réappropria…
réappropriation
48,900 corpus weight
- réceptive
réceptive
48,899 corpus weight
- réduc
réduc
48,898 corpus weight
- réducteurs
réducteurs
48,897 corpus weight
- réformation
réformation
48,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réceptive » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réceptive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.sɛp.tiv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réceptive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réceptive is uncommon French at frequency #51,102 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.sɛp.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de réceptif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for réceptive in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réceptive, spelled R-É-C-E-P-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de réceptif.
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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