avarice
/ˈævəɹɪs/
"avarice" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avarice” is uncommon English (frequency #52,785 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,785
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Corpus desk
Index EN-avarice · avarice · English
avarice · rank #52,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,785
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH asylums
Nearest frequency peer: asylums (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “avarice”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arrondissem…
arrondissement
47,221 corpus weight
- Arthurian
Arthurian
47,220 corpus weight
- articular
articular
47,219 corpus weight
- asylums
asylums
47,217 corpus weight
- avarice
avarice
47,216 corpus weight
- awsome
awsome
47,212 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “avarice” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avarice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈævəɹɪs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “avarice” in English
Rare enough to double-check
avarice is uncommon English at frequency #52,785 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈævəɹɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
avarice has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”). The correct English form is avarice, spelled A-V-A-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- 2Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avarice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.
Etymology
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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