# qualification vs qualificative

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### qualification
*noun · IPA \ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #4,705*
Action de qualifier ; attribution d’une qualité, d’un titre.

### qualificative
*noun · IPA \ka.li.fi.ka.tiv\ · frequency rank #39,485*
Course qualificative.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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