contraceptive
/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/
"contraceptive" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contraceptive” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,019
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraceptive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #25,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contraceptive” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around contraceptive (IPA /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,019 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for contraceptive, with forms such as "ccontraceptive", "cnotraceptive", and "conntraceptive". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined in the 20th century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception. The correct English form is contraceptive, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-P-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
Etymology
Coined in the 20th century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontraceptive
- cnotraceptive
- conntraceptive
- conrtaceptive
- contarceptive
- contracceptive
- contracepitve
- contracepptive
- contraceptiev
- contraceptivve
- contracepttive
- contraceptvie
- contracetpive
- contracpetive
- contraecptive
- contrcaeptive
- contrraceptive
- conttraceptive
- cotnraceptive
- ocntraceptive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contraceptive - 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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Using “contraceptive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-P-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.