caritative
/ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/
"caritative" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caritative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - charitable
Corpus desk
Index EN-caritative · caritative · English
caritative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | caritative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “caritative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
caritative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "charitable".
No misspelling variants are generated for caritative in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cāritās. The correct English form is caritative, spelled C-A-R-I-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1charitable
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caritative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as far removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and t…
Initially guilds were founded founded for benevolent and caritative reasons; however, in time guilds developed into a major economic force within the towns in which they operated.
Etymology
From Latin cāritās.
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.