# assistive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈsɪstɪv/ · frequency rank #48,073

## Definitions
1. Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

## Etymology
From assist + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **assisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assisting-vs-assistive)
- **assertive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assertive-vs-assistive)

## Common misspellings (11)
`asisstive`, `asistive`, `assisitve`, `assisstive`, `assistiev`, `assistivve`, `assisttive`, `assistvie`, `assitsive`, `asssitive`, `sasistive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assistive