supportive
/səˈpɔɹtɪv/
"supportive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supportive” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,631
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Providing support.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supportive · supportive · English
supportive · rank #6,631 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,631
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subway
Nearest frequency peer: subway (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “supportive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- static
static
93,372 corpus weight
- subway
subway
93,371 corpus weight
- supportive
supportive
93,370 corpus weight
- surgical
surgical
93,369 corpus weight
- symbols
symbols
93,368 corpus weight
- tablet
tablet
93,367 corpus weight
What this shows “supportive” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supportive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “supportive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around supportive (IPA /səˈpɔɹtɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,631 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Providing support.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for supportive, with forms such as "spuportive", "ssupportive", and "supoprtive". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "supporting", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From support + -ive. The correct English form is supportive, spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Providing support.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supportive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I had a very supportive coach who helped me.
But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.
Etymology
From support + -ive.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuportive
- ssupportive
- supoprtive
- suportive
- supporitve
- supporrtive
- supportiev
- supportivve
- supporttive
- supportvie
- suppotrive
- supprotive
- uspportive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supportive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supportive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).