probative
/ˈproʊ.bə.tɪv/
"probative" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“probative” is uncommon English (frequency #89,797 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,797
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | probative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈproʊ.bə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “probative” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
probative is uncommon English at frequency #89,797 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈproʊ.bə.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.".
No misspelling variants are generated for probative in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is probative, spelled P-R-O-B-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
Antonyms
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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Using “probative”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-B-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.