adulterous
/əˈdʌltəɹəs/adjective
adulterous is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-O-U-S: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, adulterous means “Of, or characterized by adultery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adulterous?
| Letters | 10: A-D-U-L-T-E-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is adulterous?
Adulterous appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 adulterous?
- /əˈdʌltəɹəs/
Adulterous has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-adulterous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adulterous
- more adulterous comparative
- most adulterous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adulterous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, or characterized by adultery.
adulterous behaviour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adulterous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or characterized by adultery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adultère |
| German | ehebrecherisch |
| Portuguese | adúltero |
| Spanish | adúltero |
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.