# repressive

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #26,227

## Definitions
1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

## Etymology
From repress + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **recessive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recessive-vs-repressive)
- **repression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repression-vs-repressive)
- **regressive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regressive-vs-repressive)

## Common misspellings (13)
`erpressive`, `reperssive`, `reppressive`, `represisve`, `represive`, `repressiev`, `repressivve`, `repressvie`, `reprressive`, `reprsesive`, `rerpessive`, `rperessive`, `rrepressive`

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