# corrosive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ · frequency rank #25,021

## Definitions
1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. Destroying or undermining something gradually.

## Etymology
From Old French corrosif.

## Easily confused with
- **corrosion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corrosion-vs-corrosive)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccorrosive`, `cororsive`, `corosive`, `corroisve`, `corrosiev`, `corrosivve`, `corrossive`, `corrosvie`, `corrsoive`, `crorosive`, `ocrrosive`

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