# association vs associative

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### association
*noun · IPA \a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #715*
Action d’associer.

### associative
*adjective · IPA \a.sɔ.sja.tiv\ · frequency rank #21,243*
Féminin singulier de associatif.

## Source
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