# expressive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/ · frequency rank #16,467

## Definitions
1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
2. Conveying the speaker's emotions and/or attitudes, in addition to the denotative or literal meaning.
3. Able to represent a number of ideas or concepts.

## Etymology
From Middle French expressif.

## Easily confused with
- **expensive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expensive-vs-expressive)
- **excessive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excessive-vs-expressive)
- **expression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expression-vs-expressive)
- **expressing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expressing-vs-expressive)

## Common misspellings (13)
`epxressive`, `experssive`, `exppressive`, `expresisve`, `expresive`, `expressiev`, `expressivve`, `expressvie`, `exprressive`, `exprsesive`, `exrpessive`, `exxpressive`, `xepressive`

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