frequentative
/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/
"frequentative" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frequentative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serving to express repetition of an action.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frequentative · frequentative · English
frequentative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frequentative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “frequentative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
frequentative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serving to express repetition of an action.".
Zero misspellings are on record for frequentative in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). By surface analysis, frequent + -ative. The correct English form is frequentative, spelled F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Serving to express repetition of an action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frequentative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".
Etymology
From Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.