# performative

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #45,579

## Definitions
1. Being enacted as it is said.
2. Insincere, inauthentic or disingenuous; done solely or largely as a performance, to produce an impression or enhance one's reputation.

## Etymology
From perform + -ative.

## Common misspellings (18)
`eprformative`, `pefrormative`, `perfformative`, `perfomrative`, `perforamtive`, `performaitve`, `performatiev`, `performativve`, `performattive`, `performatvie`, `performmative`, `performtaive`, `perforrmative`, `perfromative`, `perofrmative`, `perrformative`, `pperformative`, `preformative`

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