# connective

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈnɛktɪv/ · frequency rank #28,499

## Definitions
1. Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

## Etymology
For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

## Easily confused with
- **corrective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connective-vs-corrective)
- **convective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connective-vs-convective)
- **consecutive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connective-vs-consecutive)
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connection-vs-connective)
- **collective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collective-vs-connective)
- **connecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-connective)
- **conductive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conductive-vs-connective)
- **congestive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestive-vs-connective)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cconnective`, `cnonective`, `conective`, `conenctive`, `conncetive`, `connecctive`, `connecitve`, `connectiev`, `connectivve`, `connecttive`, `connectvie`, `connetcive`, `ocnnective`

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