vindicative
\vɛ̃.di.ka.tiv\
The verdict
“vindicative” is uncommon French (frequency #81,676 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,676
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vindicatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vindicative · vindicative · French
vindicative · rank #81,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,676
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH vibrateur
Nearest frequency peer: vibrateur (-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 “vindicative”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Viatcheslav
Viatcheslav
18,327 corpus weight
- vibrateur
vibrateur
18,326 corpus weight
- vindicative
vindicative
18,325 corpus weight
- Vinet
Vinet
18,324 corpus weight
- vocabulaires
vocabulaires
18,322 corpus weight
- voleront
voleront
18,320 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vindicative” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vindicative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛ̃.di.ka.tiv\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vindicative” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vindicative is uncommon French at frequency #81,676 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛ̃.di.ka.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de vindicatif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vindicative in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vindicative, spelled V-I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de vindicatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vindicative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur ses joues pâles brillait une lumière sauvage et vindicative ; ses lèvres étaient décolorées et ses yeux brillants ; et elle gardait dans ses doigts fermés quelques boucles des cheveux qu’elle venait d’étreindre.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.