duplicative
/djuːˈplɪkətɪv/
"duplicative" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duplicative” is uncommon English (frequency #87,236 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,236
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duplicative · duplicative · English
duplicative · rank #87,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,236
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dunton
Nearest frequency peer: Dunton (-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 “duplicative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dubinsky
Dubinsky
12,768 corpus weight
- Dunton
Dunton
12,766 corpus weight
- duplicative
duplicative
12,765 corpus weight
- dyspepsia
dyspepsia
12,763 corpus weight
- earwig
earwig
12,761 corpus weight
- ectoplasm
ectoplasm
12,760 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “duplicative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duplicative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /djuːˈplɪkətɪv/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “duplicative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
duplicative is uncommon English at frequency #87,236 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /djuːˈplɪkətɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, related to, or being a duplicate.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for duplicative in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From duplicate + -ive. The correct English form is duplicative, spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duplicative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The purpose of such a position would be to oversee all aspects of government AIDS programs, weeding out duplicative or wasteful programs in favor of those that would meet the needs of all people with HIV.
MBDA provides minority business enterprises with a variety of business assistance services that are duplicative of other Federal, State, local, and private sector efforts.
Etymology
From duplicate + -ive.
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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