# beautiful

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/ · frequency rank #604

## Definitions
1. Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
2. Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
3. That one likes very much.
4. Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
5. Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *dwenos
Old Latin duenos
Old Latin duonusder.
Old Latin *duenelos
Vulgar Latin bellus
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Vulgar Latin -tās
Vulgar Latin *bellitātem
Anglo-Norman biautébor.
Middle English beaute
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Germanic *fullaz
Proto-Germanic *-fullaz
Old English -ful
Middle English -ful
Middle English bewteful
English beautiful
From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).

## Easily confused with
- **beautifully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beautiful-vs-beautifully)

## Common misspellings (12)
`baeutiful`, `bbeautiful`, `beatuiful`, `beauitful`, `beautfiul`, `beautifful`, `beautiflu`, `beautifull`, `beautiufl`, `beauttiful`, `beuatiful`, `ebautiful`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beautiful