deliberative
"deliberative" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deliberative” is uncommon English (frequency #51,059 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,059
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That deliberates, considers carefully.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deliberative · deliberative · English
deliberative · rank #51,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,059
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH defame
Nearest frequency peer: defame (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “deliberative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- decanter
decanter
48,946 corpus weight
- deconstruct
deconstruct
48,944 corpus weight
- defame
defame
48,943 corpus weight
- deliberative
deliberative
48,942 corpus weight
- DHCP
DHCP
48,941 corpus weight
- differentia…
differentially
48,940 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “deliberative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deliberative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deliberative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deliberative is uncommon English at frequency #51,059 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That deliberates, considers carefully.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deliberative, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus. The correct English form is deliberative, spelled D-E-L-I-B-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1That deliberates, considers carefully.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deliberative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
A good system would have been a consummate work of deliberative wisdom
Etymology
From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus.
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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