imitative
"imitative" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imitative” is uncommon English (frequency #77,792 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,792
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imitating; copying; not original.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imitative · imitative · English
imitative · rank #77,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,792
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imitator
Nearest frequency peer: imitator (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “imitative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Illyria
Illyria
22,211 corpus weight
- imitative
imitative
22,209 corpus weight
- imitator
imitator
22,208 corpus weight
- incapacitat…
incapacitation
22,207 corpus weight
- incompressi…
incompressible
22,206 corpus weight
- infiltrator
infiltrator
22,204 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “imitative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imitative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imitative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imitative is uncommon English at frequency #77,792 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for imitative in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin imitātīvus. The correct English form is imitative, spelled I-M-I-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Imitating; copying; not original.
- 2Modelled after another thing.
- 3sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic
Etymology
From Latin imitātīvus.
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); 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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