accumulative
/əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/
"accumulative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accumulative” is uncommon English (frequency #96,711 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,711
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Corpus desk
Index EN-accumulative · accumulative · English
accumulative · rank #96,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,711
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acetylcholine…
Nearest frequency peer: acetylcholinesterase (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “accumulative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- accumulative
accumulative
3,290 corpus weight
- acetylcholi…
acetylcholinesterase
3,288 corpus weight
- advocaat
advocaat
3,286 corpus weight
- aflatoxin
aflatoxin
3,281 corpus weight
- agama
agama
3,280 corpus weight
- agriculturi…
agriculturist
3,278 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “accumulative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accumulative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “accumulative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
accumulative is uncommon English at frequency #96,711 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for accumulative in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From accumulate + -ive. The correct English form is accumulative, spelled A-C-C-U-M-U-L-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
- 2Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accumulative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]
Etymology
From accumulate + -ive.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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