# convective

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #42,071

## Definitions
1. Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional

## Etymology
From convect + -ive.

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

## Common misspellings (15)
`cconvective`, `cnovective`, `conevctive`, `connvective`, `convcetive`, `convecctive`, `convecitve`, `convectiev`, `convectivve`, `convecttive`, `convectvie`, `convetcive`, `convvective`, `covnective`, `ocnvective`

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