# cavernous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkav.ən.əs/ · frequency rank #39,238

## Definitions
1. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
2. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
3. Having many caverns.
4. Having many caverns.

## Etymology
Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus (“full of hollows or cavities”), from caverna (“a hollow, cavity, cave”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to cavern + -ous.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`acvernous`, `caevrnous`, `cavenrous`, `cavernnous`, `cavernosu`, `cavernouss`, `cavernuos`, `caveronus`, `caverrnous`, `cavrenous`, `cavvernous`, `ccavernous`, `cvaernous`

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