# commemorative

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #21,474

## Definitions
1. Serving to commemorate something.

## Etymology
First attested in 1612; borrowed from New Latin commemorātīvus, from commemorō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ive, cognate with French commémoratif.

## Easily confused with
- **commemorate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commemorate-vs-commemorative)
- **commemoration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commemoration-vs-commemorative)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccommemorative`, `cmomemorative`, `comemmorative`, `comemorative`, `commemmorative`, `commemoartive`, `commemoraitve`, `commemoratiev`, `commemorativve`, `commemorattive`, `commemoratvie`, `commemorrative`, `commemortaive`, `commemroative`, `commeomrative`, `commmeorative`, `ocmmemorative`

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