appetitive
ap·pe·ti·tive/ˈap.ɪˌtaɪ̯.tɪv/adjective
appetitive is spelled A-P-P-E-T-I-T-I-V-E, 4 syllables: ap·pe·ti·tive. The wrong spelling people search most is appetetive: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 11 of all searches for the word. Appetitive is an adjective meaning “Having the quality of desiring gratification”.
How many letters and syllables are in appetitive?
| Letters | 10: A-P-P-E-T-I-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ap·pe·ti·tive |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, appetetive, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell appetitive?
Appetitive is spelled A-P-P-E-T-I-T-I-V-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for appetitive in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is appetitive?
Appetitive appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 appetitive?
- UK /ˈap.ɪˌtaɪ̯.tɪv/
- UK /əˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/
- /ˈap.ɪˌtʌi̯.tɪv/
Appetitive has 4 syllables, split ap·pe·ti·tive in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of appetitive
- more appetitive comparative
- most appetitive superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appetitive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the quality of desiring gratification.
appetitive behavior
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appetitive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense desiring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | verlangend, begierend |
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 appetitive come from?
From appetite + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).