accretive
/əˈkɹi.tɪv/adjective
accretive is spelled A-C-C-R-E-T-I-V-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, accretive means “Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in accretive?
| Letters | 9: A-C-C-R-E-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is accretive?
Accretive appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce accretive?
- /əˈkɹi.tɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-accretive.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does accretive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accretive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to accretion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acretivo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does accretive come from?
From accrete + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).