Which to use
“addictif” is an adjective and “additifs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,806
- “addictif” frequency rank
- #28,434
- “additifs” frequency rank
- 60240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | addictif | additifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Susceptible de provoquer une addiction, c’est-à-dire une dépendance très importante empêchant le sujet de se livrer à toute autre activité de pensée que celle concernant la substance, l’activité ou la société addictive elle-même. | Pluriel de additif. |
Where the eye mixes addictif and additifs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. addictif (VCCVCCVC) and additifs (VCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between addictif and additifs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: addictif is \a.dik.tif\ while additifs is \a.di.tif\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
addictif is recorded at frequency rank #31,806, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dik.tif\. additifs is at rank #28,434, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.di.tif\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60240, this pair ranks #98,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of addictif vs additifs
Shared letters: adfit. Private to "addictif": c. Private to "additifs": s.
"addictif" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "additifs" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "addictif" and "additifs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "addictif" or "additifs"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "addictif" and "additifs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "addictif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "additifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "addictif" and "additifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "addictif vs addicts". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #98,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.