# productive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ · frequency rank #4,975

## Definitions
1. Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
2. Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
3. Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
4. Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
5. Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
6. Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
7. A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **protective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/productive-vs-protective)
- **projective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/productive-vs-projective)
- **productively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/productive-vs-productively)
- **proactive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proactive-vs-productive)
- **production** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/production-vs-productive)
- **predictive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/predictive-vs-productive)

## Common misspellings (15)
`porductive`, `pproductive`, `prdouctive`, `prodcutive`, `prodductive`, `producctive`, `producitve`, `productiev`, `productivve`, `producttive`, `productvie`, `produtcive`, `proudctive`, `prroductive`, `rpoductive`

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