subjunctive
/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
"subjunctive" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subjunctive” is uncommon English (frequency #50,251 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,251
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subjunctive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subjunctive” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
subjunctive is uncommon English at frequency #50,251 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.".
subjunctive doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join. The correct English form is subjunctive, spelled S-U-B-J-U-N-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Etymology
From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.
This word in other languages
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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Using “subjunctive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-B-J-U-N-C-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.