evocative
/ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/
"evocative" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evocative” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,830
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-evocative · evocative · English
evocative · rank #27,830 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,830
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH erode
Nearest frequency peer: erode (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “evocative”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- erode
erode
72,172 corpus weight
- evocative
evocative
72,171 corpus weight
- faintly
faintly
72,170 corpus weight
- fancies
fancies
72,169 corpus weight
- Federico
Federico
72,168 corpus weight
- fewest
fewest
72,167 corpus weight
What this shows “evocative” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “evocative”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around evocative (IPA /ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,830 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how evocative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Using loose but evocative language, one might say that player 2 is threatening to play R' if player 1 plays R.
Imperfect themes aside, what the first Zootopia had going for it was its gorgeous animation and evocative character design. From the clever visual worldbuilding of its city to the lush colors and textures of a nighttime chase through the Rainforest District, Zootopia was part of a wave of projects that proved CG animation could have the same depth and exp…
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).