artificious
"artificious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“artificious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by artfulness or skill
Corpus desk
Index EN-artificious · artificious · English
artificious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | artificious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “artificious” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
artificious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by artfulness or skill".
artificious has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Latin artificiosus. The correct English form is artificious, spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by artfulness or skill
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how artificious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As for the hands, when she parted them into many fingers, and those of unequal length and bigness, she hath made them of all other organical parts the most proper artificious and workmanlike instruments
Upon their artificious and dilatory answers he immediately draws his forces together, and with an army, under the command of Spinola, marches towards Juliers.
Etymology
Latin artificiosus.
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.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.