congestive
"congestive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congestive” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,585
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by congestion
Corpus desk
Index EN-congestive · congestive · English
congestive · rank #42,585 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,585
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH commissar
Nearest frequency peer: commissar (-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 “congestive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Clio
Clio
57,420 corpus weight
- collaborati…
collaboratively
57,419 corpus weight
- commissar
commissar
57,418 corpus weight
- congestive
congestive
57,416 corpus weight
- Corfu
Corfu
57,414 corpus weight
- cupola
cupola
57,412 corpus weight
What this shows “congestive” 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 | congestive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “congestive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around congestive, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,585 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Characterized by congestion".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for congestive, with forms such as "ccongestive", "cnogestive", and "cognestive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "connective", "convective", "congestion", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From congest + -ive. The correct English form is congestive, spelled C-O-N-G-E-S-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Characterized by congestion
Etymology
From congest + -ive.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccongestive
- cnogestive
- cognestive
- conegstive
- congesitve
- congesstive
- congestiev
- congestivve
- congesttive
- congestvie
- congetsive
- conggestive
- congsetive
- conngestive
- ocngestive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congestive - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).