augmentative
/ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/
"augmentative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“augmentative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That which augments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-augmentative · augmentative · English
augmentative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | augmentative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “augmentative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
augmentative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That which augments.".
augmentative doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative. The correct English form is augmentative, spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1That which augments.
Etymology
From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.