corrective
/kəˈɹɛktɪv/
"corrective" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corrective” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,799
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corrective · corrective · English
corrective · rank #19,799 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,799
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH consular
Nearest frequency peer: consular (-1 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 “corrective”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- congenital
congenital
80,205 corpus weight
- construed
construed
80,204 corpus weight
- consular
consular
80,203 corpus weight
- corrective
corrective
80,202 corpus weight
- Costello
Costello
80,201 corpus weight
- coworker
coworker
80,200 corpus weight
What this shows “corrective” 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 | corrective |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈɹɛktɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “corrective”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around corrective (IPA /kəˈɹɛktɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,799 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for corrective, with forms such as "ccorrective", "corective", and "corerctive". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "collective", "correction", "correcting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive. The correct English form is corrective, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
- 2Qualifying; limiting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corrective appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.
Since the accident I've had to wear a corrective brace.
Etymology
Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorrective
- corective
- corerctive
- corrcetive
- correcctive
- correcitve
- correctiev
- correctivve
- correcttive
- correctvie
- corretcive
- crorective
- ocrrective
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corrective - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "corrective", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (13 here; floor ≥5).