colligative
adjective
colligative is spelled C-O-L-L-I-G-A-T-I-V-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, colligative means “Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in colligative?
| Letters | 11: C-O-L-L-I-G-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is colligative?
Colligative appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
What does colligative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Colligative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense property:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | colligatif |
| Spanish | coligativo |
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 colligative come from?
From Latin colligātus (“bound together”) + -ive. Coined by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1891.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).