Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distractive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: dis-trac-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

causing distraction

Etymology

Etymology tree English distract Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English distractive From distract + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more distractive (comparative) most distractive (superlative)

Rhymes With

active attractive interactive radioactive inactive reactive proactive unattractive refractive hyperactive extractive overactive

Questions

What does distractive mean?: causing distraction
Where does distractive come from?: Etymology tree English distract Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English distractive From distract + -ive.

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