régressif
\ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sif\
The verdict
“régressif” is uncommon French (frequency #63,323 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,323
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui va en arrière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regressif · régressif · French
régressif · rank #63,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,323
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réfrigérée
Nearest frequency peer: réfrigérée (-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 « régressif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réclamez
réclamez
36,682 corpus weight
- réformatrice
réformatrice
36,680 corpus weight
- réfrigérée
réfrigérée
36,679 corpus weight
- régressif
régressif
36,678 corpus weight
- rémunérateu…
rémunérateurs
36,677 corpus weight
- répudiation
répudiation
36,675 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « régressif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | régressif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « régressif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
régressif is uncommon French at frequency #63,323 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for régressif, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 régressif, spelled R-É-G-R-E-S-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui va en arrière.
- 2Qui revient vers un stade plus primitif.
- 3Qui ramène à l’enfance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régressif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une marche régressive.
Dans le monde musulman, on assiste à un mouvement contradictoire, avec d'un côté, un retour vers le religieux pur et dur, parfois régressif, de l’autre, des appels formidables à sortir de la religion.
Antonyms
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); 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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