beauteous
/ˈbjuːtɪəs/adjective
beauteous is spelled B-E-A-U-T-E-O-U-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, beauteous means “beautiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in beauteous?
| Letters | 9: B-E-A-U-T-E-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is beauteous?
Beauteous appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 beauteous?
- UK /ˈbjuːtɪəs/
- UK /ˈbjuːtʃəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beauteous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of beauteous
- more beauteous comparative
- most beauteous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beauteous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
beautiful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does beauteous come from?
From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).