# progressive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ · frequency rank #4,039

## Definitions
1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
4. Liberal.
5. Of or relating to progressive education.
6. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
7. Advancing in severity.
8. Continuous.

## Etymology
From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **progressively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/progressive-vs-progressively)
- **progression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/progression-vs-progressive)

## Common misspellings (15)
`porgressive`, `pprogressive`, `prgoressive`, `progerssive`, `proggressive`, `progresisve`, `progresive`, `progressiev`, `progressivve`, `progressvie`, `progrressive`, `progrsesive`, `prorgessive`, `prrogressive`, `rpogressive`

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