répulsive
\ʁe.pyl.siv\
The verdict
“répulsive” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de répulsif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repulsive · répulsive · French
répulsive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | répulsive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.pyl.siv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
répulsive is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.pyl.siv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de répulsif.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for répulsive, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is répulsive, spelled R-É-P-U-L-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de répulsif.
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.