répulsif
\ʁe.pyl.sif\
The verdict
“répulsif” is uncommon French (frequency #58,243 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,243
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui repousse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repulsif · répulsif · French
répulsif · rank #58,243 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,243
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH répondirent
Nearest frequency peer: répondirent (-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 « répulsif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- référencées
référencées
41,761 corpus weight
- répande
répande
41,760 corpus weight
- répondirent
répondirent
41,759 corpus weight
- répulsif
répulsif
41,758 corpus weight
- révoquée
révoquée
41,756 corpus weight
- révélaient
révélaient
41,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « répulsif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répulsif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.pyl.sif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « répulsif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
répulsif is uncommon French at frequency #58,243 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.pyl.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui repousse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for répulsif, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is répulsif, spelled R-É-P-U-L-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui repousse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how répulsif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Force répulsive.
Une difformité, ou une infirmité, si peu choquante qu’elle soit, est plus répulsive aux paysans qu’une laideur amère jointe à un corps bien constitué.
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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