acquisitive
/əˈkwɪzətɪv/
"acquisitive" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acquisitive” is uncommon English (frequency #77,380 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,380
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acquired.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acquisitive · acquisitive · English
acquisitive · rank #77,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,380
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ackley
Nearest frequency peer: Ackley (-1 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 “acquisitive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ackley
Ackley
22,622 corpus weight
- acquisitive
acquisitive
22,621 corpus weight
- adamantium
adamantium
22,620 corpus weight
- adoptable
adoptable
22,619 corpus weight
- adware
adware
22,618 corpus weight
- aerobatic
aerobatic
22,616 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “acquisitive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acquisitive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈkwɪzətɪv/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acquisitive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acquisitive is uncommon English at frequency #77,380 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈkwɪzətɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for acquisitive in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive. The correct English form is acquisitive, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Acquired.
- 2Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
- 3Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acquisitive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He is an acquisitive person.
She has an acquisitive nature.
Etymology
From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.
This word in other languages
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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