# lucrative

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/ · frequency rank #13,752

## Definitions
1. Producing a surplus; profitable.
2. Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

## Common misspellings (13)
`lcurative`, `llucrative`, `lucartive`, `luccrative`, `lucraitve`, `lucratiev`, `lucrativve`, `lucrattive`, `lucratvie`, `lucrrative`, `lucrtaive`, `lurcative`, `ulcrative`

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