communicative
/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/
"communicative" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“communicative” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,115
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eager to communicate; talkative.
Corpus desk
Index EN-communicative · communicative · English
communicative · rank #31,115 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,115
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CNC
Nearest frequency peer: CNC (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “communicative”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clump
clump
68,891 corpus weight
- CMOS
CMOS
68,889 corpus weight
- CNC
CNC
68,888 corpus weight
- communicati…
communicative
68,886 corpus weight
- conceivably
conceivably
68,884 corpus weight
- connotation
connotation
68,882 corpus weight
What this shows “communicative” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | communicative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #31,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “communicative”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around communicative (IPA /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,115 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Eager to communicate; talkative.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for communicative, with forms such as "ccommunicative", "cmomunicative", and "commnuicative". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "communicate", "communication", "communicating", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French communicatif. The correct English form is communicative, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Eager to communicate; talkative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how communicative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One of his attendants had found no little favour in the eyes of Alice, who expressed her suspicions that her mistress had some secret correspondence, for two reasons; first, to satisfy a naturally communicative temper—all common people are communicative: and secondly, in hopes of gaining such assistance as might ultimately gratify her own curiosity, now m…
But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.
Etymology
From Middle French communicatif.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommunicative
- cmomunicative
- commnuicative
- commuincative
- communciative
- communiactive
- communicaitve
- communicatiev
- communicativve
- communicattive
- communicatvie
- communiccative
- communictaive
- communnicative
- comumnicative
- comunicative
- ocmmunicative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communicative - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).