corroborative
adjective, noun
corroborative is spelled C-O-R-R-O-B-O-R-A-T-I-V-E: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, corroborative means “Serving to corroborate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in corroborative?
| Letters | 13: C-O-R-R-O-B-O-R-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is corroborative?
Corroborative appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce corroborative?
Corroborative has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-corroborative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of corroborative
- more corroborative comparative
- most corroborative superlative
- corroboratives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corroborative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Serving to corroborate
noun
- 1
dateda medical tonic; a corroborant
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corroborative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense serving to corroborate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | corroborativo, corroborante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corroborative come from?
From corroborate + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).