evocative
/ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/
"evocative" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evocative” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,830 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #27,830
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
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 | evocative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “evocative” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for evocative is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,830 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for evocative, with forms such as "eovcative", "evcoative", and "evoactive". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "evocation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”). By surface analysis, evoke + -ative. The correct English form is evocative, spelled E-V-O-C-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
Etymology
From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”). By surface analysis, evoke + -ative.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eovcative,evcoative,evoactive,evocaitve,evocatiev,evocativve,evocattive,evocatvie,evoccative,evoctaive,evvocative,veocative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of evocative - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “evocative”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-V-O-C-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “evocation” - see the side-by-side comparison. evocative vs evocation
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.