seductive
/sɪˈdʌktɪv/adjective
seductive is spelled S-E-D-U-C-T-I-V-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, seductive means “Attractive, alluring, tempting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in seductive?
| Letters | 9: S-E-D-U-C-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is seductive?
Seductive appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce seductive?
- US /sɪˈdʌktɪv/
Seductive has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-seductive.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with seductive?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as seductive from its last stressed vowel (/ʌktɪv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of seductive
- more seductive comparative
- most seductive superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seductive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seductive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense attractive, alluring, tempting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | séduisant |
| German | verführerisch |
| Portuguese | sedutor, seduzente |
| Spanish | seductor |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does seductive come from?
From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).