Spelling selection — Choose the correctly spelled word for standard English usage (error-spotting and vocabulary improvement): identify the accurate form of "Excessive" among the alternatives for competitive exams and placements.

Given data

• Task: Select the standard dictionary spelling.
• Options: Excessive; Exccessive; Exxcesive; Excesive

Concept/ApproachEnglish spelling of the adjective meaning "too much" is formed from "excess" + the suffix "-ive". Only one double letter appears: the "ss" in "excess", which is retained before "-ive".

Step-by-step reasoningExcessive — correct: ex + cess + ive → "Excessive".Exccessive — incorrect: has an extra "c".Exxcesive — incorrect: doubles "x".Excesive — incorrect: drops one "s".

Verification/AlternativeDictionaries and style guides list "excessive" as the sole standard spelling.

Common pitfallsAdding or omitting consonants around the "ex-" and "cess" cluster.

Final AnswerCorrect spelling: Excessive.