avarice
/ˈævəɹɪs/
"avarice" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avarice” is uncommon English (frequency #52,785 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,785
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
| 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) |
Where “avarice” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
avarice is uncommon English at frequency #52,785 among 35,202 “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.
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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Using “avarice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-V-A-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.