tempestive
"tempestive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tempestive” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seasonable; timely
Corpus desk
Index EN-tempestive · tempestive · English
tempestive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tempestive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tempestive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tempestive is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seasonable; timely".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tempestive, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin tempestivus. The correct English form is tempestive, spelled T-E-M-P-E-S-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1seasonable; timely
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tempestive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven.
Etymology
From Latin tempestivus.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.