commodious

/kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/

//kəˈməʊdɪ.əs// adj

"commodious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“commodious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-commodious · commodious · English

commodious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for commodious
PropertyValue
Headwordcommodious
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “commodious” in English

commodiousfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commodious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commodious, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + mod… The correct English form is commodious, spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
  2. 2
    Convenient, serviceable, suitable.
  3. 3
    Advantageous, profitable, beneficial.
  4. 4
    Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship.
  5. 5
    Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how commodious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
  2. And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence […]

Etymology

From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + modus (“measure, manner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Analyzable as commode (“to provide with an appropriate or necessary thing; to suit”) + -ious.

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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commodious"?
"commodious" is spelled C-O-M-M-O-D-I-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/.
What does "commodious" mean?
As an adjective, "commodious" means: Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
How do you pronounce "commodious"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commodious" is /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "commodious"?
From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list