sélectivité

\se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\

/\se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“sélectivité” is uncommon French (frequency #54,287 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,287
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est sélectif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-selectivite · sélectivité · French

sélectivité · rank #54,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,287
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 394,209
  • PHOTO-FINISH survis

Nearest frequency peer: survis (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “sélectivité”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “sélectivité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for sélectivité
PropertyValue
Headwordsélectivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sélectivité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sélectivité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sélectivité is uncommon French at frequency #54,287 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

sélectivité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sélectivité, spelled S-É-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est sélectif.
  2. 2
    Propriété qu’a un produit antibiotique de n’agir que sur certains organismes.
  3. 3
    Capacité d’une substance phytosanitaire à ne pas perturber la physiologie de la plante cultivée qu’elle est censée protéger.
  4. 4
    Propriété qu’ont certains appareils de pouvoir sélectionner les ondes reçues.
  5. 5
    Qualité d’une carte où les phénomènes sont judicieusement choisis et représentés.
  6. 6
    Qualité d'une installation électrique, où les dispositifs de protection en tête des circuits électriques en défaut se déclenchent sans affecter les appareils en amont ou les autres circuits.

Antonyms

phytotoxicité

This word in other languages

selectivity(English)selectividad(Español)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sélectivité"?
"sélectivité" is spelled S-É-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\.
What does "sélectivité" mean?
As a noun, "sélectivité" means: Caractère de ce qui est sélectif.
How do you pronounce "sélectivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sélectivité" is \se.lɛk.ti.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sélectivité" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sélectivité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list