# regenerative

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #26,933

## Definitions
1. That serves to regenerate.
2. Being a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

## Etymology
From Middle French régénératif.

## Easily confused with
- **regenerate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regenerate-vs-regenerative)
- **regeneration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regeneration-vs-regenerative)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ergenerative`, `reegnerative`, `regeenrative`, `regeneartive`, `regeneraitve`, `regeneratiev`, `regenerativve`, `regenerattive`, `regeneratvie`, `regenerrative`, `regenertaive`, `regennerative`, `regenreative`, `reggenerative`, `regneerative`, `rgeenerative`, `rregenerative`

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