restrictives
\ʁɛs.tʁik.tiv\
The verdict
“restrictives” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,988
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de restrictif.
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 | restrictives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.tʁik.tiv\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “restrictives” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around restrictives (IPA \ʁɛs.tʁik.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,988 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de restrictif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for restrictives, with forms such as "erstrictives", "resrtictives", and "resstrictives". 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, "restrictive", "restrictions", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is restrictives, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de restrictif.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erstrictives
- resrtictives
- resstrictives
- restirctives
- restrcitives
- restricctives
- restricitves
- restrictievs
- restrictivess
- restrictivse
- restrictivves
- restricttives
- restrictvies
- restritcives
- restrrictives
- resttrictives
- retsrictives
- rrestrictives
- rsetrictives
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restrictives - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “restrictives”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɛs.tʁik.tiv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “restrictive” - see the side-by-side comparison. restrictives vs restrictive
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.