appreciative
/əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/
"appreciative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“appreciative” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,136
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing appreciation or gratitude.
Corpus desk
Index EN-appreciative · appreciative · English
appreciative · rank #21,136 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,136
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH appalled
Nearest frequency peer: appalled (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “appreciative”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- APC
APC
78,868 corpus weight
- apiece
apiece
78,867 corpus weight
- appalled
appalled
78,866 corpus weight
- appreciative
appreciative
78,865 corpus weight
- arched
arched
78,864 corpus weight
- Archibald
Archibald
78,863 corpus weight
What this shows “appreciative” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appreciative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #21,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “appreciative”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around appreciative (IPA /əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,136 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for appreciative, with forms such as "apperciative", "apprceiative", and "apprecaitive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "appreciate", "appreciation", "appreciating", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From appreciate + -ive. The correct English form is appreciative, spelled A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- 2Capable of showing appreciation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how appreciative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
be appreciative of something
Etymology
From appreciate + -ive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apperciative
- apprceiative
- apprecaitive
- apprecciative
- appreciaitve
- appreciatiev
- appreciativve
- appreciattive
- appreciatvie
- apprecitaive
- appreicative
- apprreciative
- apreciative
- aprpeciative
- papreciative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appreciative - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "appreciative", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).