restrictif
\ʁɛs.tʁik.tif\
The verdict
“restrictif” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,504
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui restreint, qui limite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-restrictif · restrictif · French
restrictif · rank #39,504 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,504
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH respectera
Nearest frequency peer: respectera (-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 « restrictif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- repartira
repartira
60,500 corpus weight
- replis
replis
60,499 corpus weight
- respectera
respectera
60,498 corpus weight
- restrictif
restrictif
60,497 corpus weight
- retable
retable
60,496 corpus weight
- retardés
retardés
60,495 corpus weight
What this shows « restrictif » 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 | restrictif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.tʁik.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restrictif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around restrictif (IPA \ʁɛs.tʁik.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,504 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui restreint, qui limite.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for restrictif, with forms such as "erstrictif", "resrtictif", and "resstrictif". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "restriction", "restrictive", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is restrictif, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui restreint, qui limite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how restrictif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi chaque fois que l'évêque cherchait à introduire à Bédarrides les mesures restrictives prises dans le Comtat, les consuls leur opposait-il une fin de non-recevoir.
Des termes restrictifs.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erstrictif
- resrtictif
- resstrictif
- restirctif
- restrcitif
- restricctif
- restricitf
- restrictfi
- restrictiff
- restricttif
- restritcif
- restrrictif
- resttrictif
- retsrictif
- rrestrictif
- rsetrictif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restrictif - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).