alliterative
"alliterative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alliterative” is uncommon English (frequency #76,523 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,523
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the form or style of alliteration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alliterative · alliterative · English
alliterative · rank #76,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,523
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alcide
Nearest frequency peer: Alcide (-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 “alliterative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aiello
Aiello
23,483 corpus weight
- Akihabara
Akihabara
23,481 corpus weight
- Alaina
Alaina
23,480 corpus weight
- Alcide
Alcide
23,479 corpus weight
- alliterative
alliterative
23,478 corpus weight
- Altamira
Altamira
23,475 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alliterative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alliterative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alliterative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alliterative is uncommon English at frequency #76,523 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the form or style of alliteration.".
alliterative has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alliterate + -ive. The correct English form is alliterative, spelled A-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1In the form or style of alliteration.
Etymology
From alliterate + -ive.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).