accumulative
/əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/
"accumulative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accumulative” is an uncommon English word, ranked #96,711 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #96,711
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
| 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) |
Where “accumulative” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for accumulative is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/. Corpus data places it at rank #96,711 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “accumulative”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-U-M-U-L-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.