proliferative
"proliferative" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proliferative” is uncommon English (frequency #66,218 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,218
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.
Corpus desk
Index EN-proliferative · proliferative · English
proliferative · rank #66,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,218
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prokofiev
Nearest frequency peer: Prokofiev (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “proliferative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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prenuptial
33,788 corpus weight
- Prokofiev
Prokofiev
33,784 corpus weight
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proliferative
33,783 corpus weight
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prostaglandin
33,782 corpus weight
- Prout
Prout
33,779 corpus weight
- psychedelia
psychedelia
33,778 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “proliferative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proliferative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “proliferative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
proliferative is uncommon English at frequency #66,218 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for proliferative, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From proliferate + -ive. The correct English form is proliferative, spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.
- 2Proliferating; tending to proliferate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proliferative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'...
cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double.
Etymology
From proliferate + -ive.
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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