adulatory
/ˈædjʊlət(ə)ɹi/adjective
adulatory is spelled A-D-U-L-A-T-O-R-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, adulatory means “Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adulatory?
| Letters | 9: A-D-U-L-A-T-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is adulatory?
Adulatory appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adulatory?
- /ˈædjʊlət(ə)ɹi/
- /ˈædjʊləˌtɔɹi/
- /ˌædjʊˈleɪtəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-adulatory.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with adulatory?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as adulatory.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: laudatory.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of adulatory
- more adulatory comparative
- most adulatory superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adulatory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
adulatory comments
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adulatory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense exhibiting adulation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adulatoire |
| Portuguese | adulador, adulatório, adulante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does adulatory come from?
From Latin adulatorius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).