sédatifs
\se.da.tif\
The verdict
“sédatifs” is uncommon French (frequency #56,959 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,959
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de sédatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sedatifs · sédatifs · French
sédatifs · rank #56,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,959
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH synchronisés
Nearest frequency peer: synchronisés (-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 « sédatifs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sycomore
sycomore
43,045 corpus weight
- sympathisé
sympathisé
43,044 corpus weight
- synchronisés
synchronisés
43,043 corpus weight
- sédatifs
sédatifs
43,042 corpus weight
- séductrice
séductrice
43,041 corpus weight
- T6
T6
43,040 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sédatifs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sédatifs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.da.tif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sédatifs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sédatifs is uncommon French at frequency #56,959 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.da.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de sédatif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sédatifs in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sédatifs, spelled S-É-D-A-T-I-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de sédatif.
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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