illative
/ɪˈleɪtɪv/adjective, noun
illative is spelled I-L-L-A-T-I-V-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, illative means “Of, or relating to an illation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in illative?
| Letters | 8: I-L-L-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is illative?
Illative appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce illative?
- UK /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-illative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with illative?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as illative from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtɪv/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of illative
- illatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does illative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to an illation.
an illative consequence or proposition
- 2
Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.
noun
- 1
A word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
- 2
An illation.
- 3
The illative case, or a word in that case.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Illative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grammar: illative case:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | illatif |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does illative come from?
From Late Latin illātīvus (“illative”), from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; bury; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).