persuasive
/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
"persuasive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“persuasive” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,992
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to persuade; convincing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-persuasive · persuasive · English
persuasive · rank #16,992 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,992
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Paterson
Nearest frequency peer: Paterson (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “persuasive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- owls
owls
83,013 corpus weight
- parity
parity
83,012 corpus weight
- Paterson
Paterson
83,011 corpus weight
- persuasive
persuasive
83,009 corpus weight
- pew
pew
83,007 corpus weight
- Philips
Philips
83,006 corpus weight
What this shows “persuasive” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persuasive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “persuasive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around persuasive (IPA /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,992 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Able to persuade; convincing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for persuasive, with forms such as "eprsuasive", "perrsuasive", and "persausive". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pervasive", "persuasion", "percussive", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. The correct English form is persuasive, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Able to persuade; convincing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how persuasive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
Etymology
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprsuasive
- perrsuasive
- persausive
- perssuasive
- persuaisve
- persuasiev
- persuasivve
- persuassive
- persuasvie
- persusaive
- perusasive
- pesruasive
- ppersuasive
- presuasive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persuasive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).