# constitutive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuˌtɪv/ · frequency rank #43,576

## Definitions
1. Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
2. Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office.
3. Extremely important; essential.
4. Forming a constituent part of something else.
5. Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.

## Etymology
From constitute + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **constitute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constitute-vs-constitutive)
- **constitution** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constitution-vs-constitutive)

## Common misspellings (18)
`cconstitutive`, `cnostitutive`, `connstitutive`, `consittutive`, `consstitutive`, `constittuive`, `constittutive`, `constituitve`, `constitutiev`, `constitutivve`, `constituttive`, `constitutvie`, `constiuttive`, `consttitutive`, `consttiutive`, `contsitutive`, `cosntitutive`, `ocnstitutive`

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