plosive
/ˈpləʊsɪv/
"plosive" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plosive” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plosive · plosive · English
plosive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plosive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpləʊsɪv/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plosive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
plosive is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpləʊsɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plosive, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of explosive. The correct English form is plosive, spelled P-L-O-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Etymology
Clipping of explosive.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.