summative
/ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/
"summative" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“summative” is uncommon English (frequency #82,822 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,822
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-summative · summative · English
summative · rank #82,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,822
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH substituent
Nearest frequency peer: substituent (-3 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 “summative”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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striven
17,186 corpus weight
- stroganoff
stroganoff
17,185 corpus weight
- Stroh
Stroh
17,184 corpus weight
- substituent
substituent
17,182 corpus weight
- summative
summative
17,179 corpus weight
- sunstroke
sunstroke
17,176 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “summative” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | summative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “summative” in English
Rare enough to double-check
summative is uncommon English at frequency #82,822 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
summative has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sum + -ative. The correct English form is summative, spelled S-U-M-M-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
- 2Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
- 3Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how summative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: abstractive
Etymology
From sum + -ative.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).